[GTALUG] Which Distro is Best for Running a ZFS-on-Linux Fileserver.

[D. Hugh Redelmeier]

| From: David Mason via talk <talk at gtalug.org>

| On Aug 25, 2018, 6:21 AM -0400, D. Hugh Redelmeier via talk <talk at gtalug.org>, wrote:

| > | From: David Mason via talk <talk at gtalug.org>

| > This is exactly the kind of problem that a debian local users group might
| > address. Recently I suggested that GTALUG could function as a debian LUG.
| > I guess that here we have a test of this idea.
| 
| I think it already does. What did you have in mind beyond the mailing list?

You asked a year ago, got replies, hit problems, but didn't post them
to the list.  Maybe you didn't expect the list to be of more help.
This isn't an accusation, only an observation.

| It’s a 4.4Tb raidz2 at 64% and has performed flawlessly. Unfortunately I 
| don’t really have the time to do any serious digging right now, either.

I understand all too well.

| How do others backup their ZFS systems? Getting a 4T external drive 
| doesn’t seem like the best plan, but maybe there isn’t any other choice.

I'm not a ZFS user, but I'll throw out a guess:

- take a snapshot (that may be the wrong terminology)

- use a dump(8) command that matches zfs.