From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.3 required=3.0 tests=HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS, MAILING_LIST_MULTI,SPF_HELO_NONE,SPF_PASS,USER_AGENT_SANE_1 autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from mail.kernel.org (mail.kernel.org [198.145.29.99]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DDDAEC43331 for ; Tue, 12 Nov 2019 18:34:30 +0000 (UTC) Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [209.132.180.67]) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BC08521872 for ; Tue, 12 Nov 2019 18:34:30 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1727124AbfKLSe3 (ORCPT ); Tue, 12 Nov 2019 13:34:29 -0500 Received: from smtp02.belwue.de ([129.143.71.87]:64178 "EHLO smtp02.belwue.de" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1726964AbfKLSe3 (ORCPT ); Tue, 12 Nov 2019 13:34:29 -0500 Received: from fex.rus.uni-stuttgart.de (fex.rus.uni-stuttgart.de [129.69.1.129]) by smtp02.belwue.de (Postfix) with SMTP id 116A86C42 for ; Tue, 12 Nov 2019 19:34:26 +0100 (MET) Date: Tue, 12 Nov 2019 19:34:25 +0100 From: Ulli Horlacher To: linux-btrfs@vger.kernel.org Subject: btrfs based backup? Message-ID: <20191112183425.GA1257@tik.uni-stuttgart.de> Mail-Followup-To: linux-btrfs@vger.kernel.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.23 (2014-03-12) Sender: linux-btrfs-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-btrfs@vger.kernel.org I need a new backup system for some servers. Destination is a RAID, not tapes. So far I have used a self written shell script. 25 years old, over 1000 lines of (HORRIBLE) code, no longer maintenable :-} All backup software I know is either too primitive (e.g. no versioning) or very complex and needs a long time to master it. My new idea is: Set up a backup server with btrfs storage (with compress mount option), the clients do their backup with rsync over nfs. For versioning I make btrfs snapshots. To have a secondary backup I will use btrfs send / receive, Any comments on this? Or better suggestions? The backup software must be open source! -- Ullrich Horlacher Server und Virtualisierung Rechenzentrum TIK Universitaet Stuttgart E-Mail: horlacher@tik.uni-stuttgart.de Allmandring 30a Tel: ++49-711-68565868 70569 Stuttgart (Germany) WWW: http://www.tik.uni-stuttgart.de/ REF:<20191112183425.GA1257@tik.uni-stuttgart.de>