From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) key-exchange X25519 server-signature RSA-PSS (2048 bits) server-digest SHA256) (No client certificate requested) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 9A40D15815E for ; Tue, 6 Feb 2024 20:49:09 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 75DDEE2A1E; Tue, 6 Feb 2024 20:49:04 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-out-auth1.hosts.co.uk (mail-out-auth1.hosts.co.uk [195.7.255.1]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) key-exchange X25519 server-signature RSA-PSS (4096 bits) server-digest SHA256) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id AFE7EE2A0D for ; Tue, 6 Feb 2024 20:49:03 +0000 (UTC) Received: from host86-152-228-249.range86-152.btcentralplus.com ([86.152.228.249] helo=[192.168.1.99]) by smtp.hosts.co.uk with esmtpa (Exim) (envelope-from ) id 1rXSNK-000000008Vf-6j7U for gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org; Tue, 06 Feb 2024 20:49:02 +0000 Message-ID: Date: Tue, 6 Feb 2024 20:49:01 +0000 Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org X-Auto-Response-Suppress: DR, RN, NRN, OOF, AutoReply MIME-Version: 1.0 User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Suggestions for backup scheme? Content-Language: en-GB To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org References: <8f5371a5-07af-456e-8517-cb9bb664fac4@youngman.org.uk> <17a2d820-4745-405d-844a-09e27184e56a@youngman.org.uk> From: Wols Lists In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Archives-Salt: 940709cc-ba70-4908-8e82-ec43b31a87f2 X-Archives-Hash: cdc6e36898ef1de578701d1a100ed373 On 06/02/2024 15:35, Grant Edwards wrote: > If (like rsnapshot/rsync's hard-link scheme) ZFS snapshots are normal > directory trees that can be "browsed" with normal filesystem tools, > that would be ideal. [I'll do some googling...] Bear in mind I'm talking lvm snapshots, not ZFS ... And you can configure snapshots to grow as required. I know it's nothing really to do with backups, but if you read the raid wiki page https://raid.wiki.kernel.org/index.php/System2020 - that's how I set up my system, with a smattering of lvm. Just look at the sections pvcreate, vgcreate, lvcreate, it'll tell you how to create the lvm. Then you just format your lvcreate'd partitions, and you can mount them, snapshot them, whatever them. So you can either have one backup partition per source partition, or one backup partition and copy all your sources into just that one. Your choice :-) Cheers, Wol