BackupPC-users

Re: [BackupPC-users] zfs send

2009-05-21 13:10:44
Subject: Re: [BackupPC-users] zfs send
From: Rob Terhaar <robbyt AT robbyt DOT net>
To: "General list for user discussion, questions and support" <backuppc-users AT lists.sourceforge DOT net>
Date: Thu, 21 May 2009 13:06:33 -0400
On Fri, May 15, 2009 at 10:49 AM, Dan Pritts <danno AT internet2 DOT edu> wrote:
> I've seen a couple posts from people who are using
> ZFS as the backend for backuppc but no discussion of this,
> sorry if my searches missed it.
>
> Anyone done a "zfs send" and then "zfs receive" to duplicate
> the backuppc filesystem?  How long did it take?
>
> danno

I tried using zfs sends to replicate the pool off-site, but decided to
use zfs snapshots and rsync3 instead. ZFS send/receive was just too
slow when I tried it. I read recently that after the recent SNV110
SXCE/Nevada, there's been some great speed improvements made to ZFS
send/recv.

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