BackupPC-users

Re: [BackupPC-users] Unattended off-site replication

2011-10-25 10:38:08
Subject: Re: [BackupPC-users] Unattended off-site replication
From: Les Mikesell <lesmikesell AT gmail DOT com>
To: "General list for user discussion, questions and support" <backuppc-users AT lists.sourceforge DOT net>
Date: Tue, 25 Oct 2011 09:36:41 -0500
On Tue, Oct 25, 2011 at 8:13 AM, Richard Shaw <hobbes1069 AT gmail DOT com> 
wrote:

>> Option 2: run BackupPC on Solaris (Nexenta). Use snapshots and zfs send to
>> replicate the data to another server. Very simple, very easy. And we've
>> found BackupPC performance on ZFS much increased over ext3.
>
> Well, that may not be necessary for too much longer. There's a few linux
> distro's that already have the zfsonlinux release candidate available which
> allows mounting. I've also got Review Requests at RPM Fusion waiting on a
> reviewer. Unfortunately,  they are not allowed in Fedora proper because they
> don't allow external kernel modules.

Does anyone consider Fedora usable over the lifespan that you would
want for backup data?

-- 
  Les Mikesell
    lesmikesell AT gmail DOT com

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