I currently have two computers, one that has a big zfs raidz pool that I currently back everything up to. Right now, on my local computer I use rsnapshot to do snapshot backups via rsync to the remote zfs pool. I know I’m wasting a ton of space because I have snapshotting in the rsync backup, and then the zfs pool is snapshotted every day.

Does it make sense to just do a regular rsync into a backup directory on the zfs pool and then just rely on the zfs pool snapshotting for snapshotting?

Maybe eventually I will put the local machine on zfs and then just send the local zfs snapshots over, but that will take some time. Thanks!

  • abies_exarchiaOPEnglish
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    5 months ago

    This is fantastically helpful, thank you. I will do this.

    I don’t know why I thought sending zfs snapshots was the better option

    • Avid Amoeba@lemmy.caEnglish
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      5 months ago

      Cause it makes sense at a glance and it’s efficient. Not for backup purposes though.