Date: Fri, 1 Mar 2013 18:59:16 +0000 From: Ben Morrow <ben@morrow.me.uk> To: deischen@freebsd.org, freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Musings on ZFS Backup strategies Message-ID: <20130301185912.GA27546@anubis.morrow.me.uk> In-Reply-To: <Pine.GSO.4.64.1303011209321.2046@sea.ntplx.net> References: <20130301165040.GA26251@anubis.morrow.me.uk>
next in thread | previous in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
Quoth Daniel Eischen <deischen@freebsd.org>: > > Yes, we still use a couple of DLT autoloaders and have nightly > incrementals and weekly fulls. This is the problem I have with > converting to ZFS. Our typical recovery is when a user says > they need a directory or set of files from a week or two ago. > Using dump from tape, I can easily extract *just* the necessary > files. I don't need a second system to restore to, so that > I can then extract the file. As Karl said originally, you can do that with snapshots without having to go to your backups at all. With the right arrangements (symlinks to the .zfs/snapshot/* directories, or just setting the snapdir property to 'visible') you can make it so users can do this sort of restore themselves without having to go through you. Ben
Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?20130301185912.GA27546>