I am interested in sending snapshots to S3 as backup. The built-in cloud sync (rclone) works at the file level - I'd rather send snapshots. As far as I can tell this is not something supported by TrueNAS awesomeness. I suppose I can manually work something out via "zfs send | s3cmd cp -" cron tasks but I'd rather not reinvent wheels. I found zfs_uploader which manages this very task, but as many pointed out on the forums: don't mess with the TrueNAS appliance :) The thought of installing it in a jail crossed my mind, but then it won't have access to the main pool so that's a no-go.
I read that the zfs stream internals are not guaranteed to be stable from one version to another, meaning a snapshot sent to S3 now may not be usable by zfs recv in the future after TrueNAS & zfs upgrades (that would be nasty). If true, that voids this entire subject, and doing it the current cloud sync way is prudent.
Thoughts?
regards,
Kiriakos
I read that the zfs stream internals are not guaranteed to be stable from one version to another, meaning a snapshot sent to S3 now may not be usable by zfs recv in the future after TrueNAS & zfs upgrades (that would be nasty). If true, that voids this entire subject, and doing it the current cloud sync way is prudent.
Thoughts?
regards,
Kiriakos
