I love the ingenuity. I will most likely be reaching out at some point in the future, if not just out of sheer curiosity.
Regards, [image] Anthony Fecarotta Founder & President [image] anth...@linehaul.ai <mailto:anth...@linehaul.ai> [image] 224-339-1182 [image] (855) 625-0300 [image] 1 Mid America Plz Flr 3 Oakbrook Terrace, IL 60181 [image] www.linehaul.ai <http://www.linehaul.ai/> [image] <http://www.linehaul.ai/> [image] <https://www.linkedin.com/in/anthony-fec/> On Wed Aug 13, 2025, 10:04 PM GMT, Sergio Rabellino <mailto:rabell...@di.unito.it> wrote: > I modified for my purposes this little tool: > https://github.com/teralytics/ceph-backup to do incremental backup for > RBD volumes. > > In addition I wrote also a little python tool to flatten rbd incremental > snapshot downloads over the corresponding full rbd image (My backup > appliance is mounted as a filesystem). > > With this strategy I do a single full rbd image download and > subsequently I need only to do incremental snapshot downloads; only a > predefined bunch of snapshots are stored along the full image by > flattening the oldest one over the full-image, then the corresponding > snapshot is removed (daily backup). > > As we use ceph for openstack volumes, we did also a very little change > into cinder code, and all of the backup works are completely invisible > to people, just admin knows that there are the backup-snapshots. > > Probably rough, but works: If anyone is interested in, just ask. > > My 5cents... > > > On 08/13/2025 06:36 PM, Anthony Fecarotta wrote: >> Hello, >> >> I'm curious how the community handles backup and disaster recovery planning >> with Ceph in production environments. Does running Ceph fundamentally change >> your backup strategy compared to traditional storage solutions? >> >> Specifically, I'm interested in: >> - Are you backing up at the RBD level, or relying on application-level >> backups? >> - How do you handle cross-site replication for disaster recovery? >> - Any tools or practices you'd recommend for automated backup scheduling? >> >> >> Regards, >> [image] >> Anthony Fecarotta >> Founder & President >> [image] anth...@linehaul.ai <mailto:anth...@linehaul.ai> >> [image] 224-339-1182 [image] (855) 625-0300 >> [image] 1 Mid America Plz Flr 3 Oakbrook Terrace, IL 60181 >> >> [image] www.linehaul.ai <http://www.linehaul.ai/> >> [image] <http://www.linehaul.ai/> >> [image] <https://www.linkedin.com/in/anthony-fec/> >> _______________________________________________ >> ceph-users mailing list -- ceph-users@ceph.io >> To unsubscribe send an email to ceph-users-le...@ceph.io > > -- > ing. Sergio Rabellino > > Università degli Studi di Torino > Dipartimento di Informatica > Tecnico di Ricerca - Servizio ICT > Cell +342-529-5409 Tel +39-0116706701 Fax +39-011751603 > C.so Svizzera , 185 - 10149 - Torino > > <http://www.di.unito.it> > > _______________________________________________ > ceph-users mailing list -- ceph-users@ceph.io > To unsubscribe send an email to ceph-users-le...@ceph.io _______________________________________________ ceph-users mailing list -- ceph-users@ceph.io To unsubscribe send an email to ceph-users-le...@ceph.io
