Hello all,
I have setup my first ever ZFS NAS, based on a 4x6TB disk RAIDz2 run on a HP. I was assuming it was a nearly perfect storage device. But everything I read about ZFS+FreeNAS stresses that FreeNAS should never be used as a backup device. However that is its primary requirement in my world. It will act as my apple timemachine server.
My question is ... what suggestions or best practice are there for backing up my 12TB NAS? This is a DIY home office type of site, tons of rubbish, family photos and movies, plus the timemachine backups.
I was wondering about a separate single 12TB disk that I would sync the ZFS-NAS to now and again. The idea being that while the ZFS-NAS seems to cope with any of the 6TB disks failing, if the NAS itself failed it appears I would loose every single byte of data. The 12TB backup would then hopefully allow me to recover MOST of the original data.
I have setup my first ever ZFS NAS, based on a 4x6TB disk RAIDz2 run on a HP. I was assuming it was a nearly perfect storage device. But everything I read about ZFS+FreeNAS stresses that FreeNAS should never be used as a backup device. However that is its primary requirement in my world. It will act as my apple timemachine server.
My question is ... what suggestions or best practice are there for backing up my 12TB NAS? This is a DIY home office type of site, tons of rubbish, family photos and movies, plus the timemachine backups.
I was wondering about a separate single 12TB disk that I would sync the ZFS-NAS to now and again. The idea being that while the ZFS-NAS seems to cope with any of the 6TB disks failing, if the NAS itself failed it appears I would loose every single byte of data. The 12TB backup would then hopefully allow me to recover MOST of the original data.
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