Date: Thu, 4 Feb 2010 09:39:24 +0000 From: krad <kraduk@googlemail.com> To: "Svein Skogen (Listmail Account)" <svein-listmail@stillbilde.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Backup and FreeBSD/ZFS Message-ID: <d36406631002040139o1fe12ea4h1f5b9ed1080bd94a@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <4B69CCC8.2060105@stillbilde.net> References: <4B694A52.4080306@stillbilde.net> <4B69BD02.5060305@gmail.com> <4B69CCC8.2060105@stillbilde.net>
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On 3 February 2010 19:21, Svein Skogen (Listmail Account) < svein-listmail@stillbilde.net> wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > On 03.02.2010 19:14, LoH wrote: > > If my memory serves, you're looking at something similar to taking a > > snapshot and then sending it to the tape device, so zfs send <snapshot> > > | (tape device access). This, IIRC, is functionally identical to > > dump/restore. > > Except for one smallish detail. Dump handles "tape is full, switch to > next one" in a relatively painless way... Let's just say that ... > there's a reason I've invested in an autoloader for my home server (it > will, among other things, hold about a terabyte of Nikon .NEF files if > that means anything) > > //Svein > > - -- > - --------+-------------------+------------------------------- > /"\ |Svein Skogen | svein@d80.iso100.no > \ / |Solberg =D8stli 9 | PGP Key: 0xE5E76831 > X |2020 Skedsmokorset | svein@jernhuset.no > / \ |Norway | PGP Key: 0xCE96CE13 > | | svein@stillbilde.net > ascii | | PGP Key: 0x58CD33B6 > ribbon |System Admin | svein-listmail@stillbilde.net > Campaign|stillbilde.net | PGP Key: 0x22D494A4 > +-------------------+------------------------------- > |msn messenger: | Mobile Phone: +47 907 03 575 > |svein@jernhuset.no | RIPE handle: SS16503-RIPE > - --------+-------------------+------------------------------- > If you really are in a hurry, mail me at > svein-mobile@stillbilde.net > This mailbox goes directly to my cellphone and is checked > even when I'm not in front of my computer. > - ------------------------------------------------------------ > Picture Gallery: > https://gallery.stillbilde.net/v/svein/ > - ------------------------------------------------------------ > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v2.0.12 (MingW32) > Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ > > iEYEARECAAYFAktpzMgACgkQODUnwSLUlKRRfgCgulZAvQN61uE6HIcuvxzkU2yS > HaAAmwcHY6YYqoTYlw/R/KeWuy/9ferH > =3DzHrR > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to " > freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > If you combine snapshoting with a redundant array, and maybe a secondary pool that you zfs send your files ystems to (perhaps on a different box) it= s questionable whether having stuff on tape has any advantage. If you are taking the tapes off site it may be worth it.
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