From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jan 17 22:43:02 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BF22A1065738 for ; Tue, 17 Jan 2012 22:43:00 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from ait_mlist@rocc.ru) Received: from mail.rocc.ru (rocc.ru [194.84.224.171]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C9C6C8FC08 for ; Tue, 17 Jan 2012 22:42:59 +0000 (UTC) Received: from freebsd.tele2.loc ([10.77.44.133]) by mail.rocc.ru (peer1) with ESMTP id q0HMgmCi013615; Wed, 18 Jan 2012 02:42:49 +0400 (MSK) (envelope-from ait_mlist@rocc.ru) Received: from freebsd.tele2.loc (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by freebsd.tele2.loc (8.14.5/8.14.5) with ESMTP id q0HMgmSq081515; Wed, 18 Jan 2012 02:42:48 +0400 (MSK) (envelope-from ait_mlist@rocc.ru) Received: (from ait@localhost) by freebsd.tele2.loc (8.14.5/8.14.5/Submit) id q0HMgm7a081514; Wed, 18 Jan 2012 02:42:48 +0400 (MSK) (envelope-from ait_mlist@rocc.ru) X-Authentication-Warning: freebsd.tele2.loc: ait set sender to ait_mlist@rocc.ru using -f Date: Wed, 18 Jan 2012 02:42:48 +0400 From: Dmitry Sarkisov To: Wojciech Puchar Message-ID: <20120117224248.GA61131@aperturescience.org> Mail-Followup-To: Dmitry Sarkisov , Wojciech Puchar , Devin Teske , 'Liste FreeBSD' , bsd References: <885A2A83-A6FF-4E03-AB67-09BE0D2E557E@todoo.biz> <03a501ccd562$5b2f4e80$118deb80$@fisglobal.com> <20120117220551.GA8800@aperturescience.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.3i X-Operating-System: FreeBSD 9.0-RELEASE amd64 Cc: Devin Teske , 'Liste FreeBSD' Subject: Re: Backup strategy for zfs + jail X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 17 Jan 2012 22:43:02 -0000 On 17-01-2012, Tue [23:31:30], Wojciech Puchar wrote: > > > >Create snapshots of your datasets and use zfs send. You can even transfer > >differences between snapshots. > and then try to recover data from these backups after a year or so ;) No one did mention the retention policy ;) Jokes aside, we have a working solution with zfs/symantec netbackup combo based on incremental snapshots for a pretty large datasets. To OP: you don't have to use ftp with zfs send/recieve (I doubt it is possible at all :) ), ssh suits better. Just _google_ for it. There are plenty of solutions/examples in the Net. -- Best wishes, Dmitry Sarkisov <--\ <---+---------- <--/