What''s the preferred method for easily backing up a storage pool? I know about send/recieve/etc, but I''m asking are people using another Solaris box, Tapes, CDs/DVDs, External Drives? Basically, I want an off-site backup so that if my place burns down and the OpenSolaris box I have goes with it, I can simply build a new OpenSolaris box and then restore my ZFS storage pool from backup. This message posted from opensolaris.org
Aaron Epps wrote:> What''s the preferred method for easily backing up a storage pool? I know about send/recieve/etc, but I''m asking are people using another Solaris box, Tapes, CDs/DVDs, External Drives? Basically, I want an off-site backup so that if my place burns down and the OpenSolaris box I have goes with it, I can simply build a new OpenSolaris box and then restore my ZFS storage pool from backup.Depends how much bandwith you have and how recent you want the backup to be. Possible solutions if you have a high enough bandwith are using mirroring in ZFS with one of the sides of the mirror being an iSCSI target on another machine. Or for a similar solution using AVS (see the opensolaris storage community). -- Darren J Moffat
Who needs high bandwidth? Create an off-site ZFS store, and output the ZFS send command to an external USB drive. Import that every night and backups are a piece of cake. It''s quite possible to build a silent 6TB home server for around ?1,200, and it''s a surprisingly good solution. Failing that, use star and archive to tape. This message posted from opensolaris.org