sonny81
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Hoping to get some final clarification on this as there seems to be many different opinions on this matter.
I do complete backups of my entire Freenas to my Drobo frequently, but its possible to get minor data loss if I don't back a few files up before the Freenas crashes. To fix this I scheduled snapshots for each share every 15mins with a lifespan of 2 weeks.
1. With the above configuration, is my data reasonably safe?
2. If my RAIDZ2 fails should I rebuilt it per Freenas' instructions or is reformatting, copying over Drobo backups and copying over snapshots better?
3. In the event of a total RAIDZ2 failure, can I, like question 2, just copy over Drobo backups and restore snapshots for most recently modified files? What concerns me is that I'm reading snapshots can only be restored on the same volume they were created on. Its late here so its possible I'm just reading something wrong.
4. I know I can backup my snapshots through replication but can I configure that to save it to a LAN share connected to my router?
Greatly appreciate the clarity!!
I do complete backups of my entire Freenas to my Drobo frequently, but its possible to get minor data loss if I don't back a few files up before the Freenas crashes. To fix this I scheduled snapshots for each share every 15mins with a lifespan of 2 weeks.
1. With the above configuration, is my data reasonably safe?
2. If my RAIDZ2 fails should I rebuilt it per Freenas' instructions or is reformatting, copying over Drobo backups and copying over snapshots better?
3. In the event of a total RAIDZ2 failure, can I, like question 2, just copy over Drobo backups and restore snapshots for most recently modified files? What concerns me is that I'm reading snapshots can only be restored on the same volume they were created on. Its late here so its possible I'm just reading something wrong.
4. I know I can backup my snapshots through replication but can I configure that to save it to a LAN share connected to my router?
Greatly appreciate the clarity!!