Patrol02
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- Sep 11, 2016
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Hi Guys,
In the absence of (good) Internet in Australia I am thinking of implementing the following backup solution for my FreeNAS server:
- Have 2 (big) backup drives
- Have one of them attached at the time
- Do incremental backups to the backup drive nightly (scheduled, automated)
- Swap the backup drives from time to time to have an "off-site" backup copy
I don't really want to have my backup drives to be connected as "external" drives (USB3 or eSATA) because it would mean an extra power plug, more wires, more space, etc.
So I'd rather prefer having a mobile HDD rack in the box to be able to swap drives easily. The rack itself isn't a problem, I can buy some from Ebay, and the motherboard (Supermicro X10SL7-F) seems to be OK with hot-swaps.
Do you think that what I have in mind sounds?
Also, what would be the best way of implementing it from the ZFS/FreeNAS point of view?
Since my "backup" pool will have only one drive in it, should I have this pool/vdev "offline" normally and only bring it "online" during the backup time? Would it allow me to swap drives without having a risk of confusing ZFS?
Or maybe what would be a better way to implement this strategy?
Regards,
Alexey.
In the absence of (good) Internet in Australia I am thinking of implementing the following backup solution for my FreeNAS server:
- Have 2 (big) backup drives
- Have one of them attached at the time
- Do incremental backups to the backup drive nightly (scheduled, automated)
- Swap the backup drives from time to time to have an "off-site" backup copy
I don't really want to have my backup drives to be connected as "external" drives (USB3 or eSATA) because it would mean an extra power plug, more wires, more space, etc.
So I'd rather prefer having a mobile HDD rack in the box to be able to swap drives easily. The rack itself isn't a problem, I can buy some from Ebay, and the motherboard (Supermicro X10SL7-F) seems to be OK with hot-swaps.
Do you think that what I have in mind sounds?
Also, what would be the best way of implementing it from the ZFS/FreeNAS point of view?
Since my "backup" pool will have only one drive in it, should I have this pool/vdev "offline" normally and only bring it "online" during the backup time? Would it allow me to swap drives without having a risk of confusing ZFS?
Or maybe what would be a better way to implement this strategy?
Regards,
Alexey.