>
>> Why aren't you using amanda or something else that uses
>> tar as the means by which you do a backup?
>
> Using something like tar to take a backup forgoes the ability to do things
> like the clever incremental backups that ZFS can achieve though; e.g. only
> backing the few blocks that have changed in a very large file rather than
> the whole file regardless. If 'zfs send' doesn't do something we need to fix
> it rather than avoid it, IMO.
>

For now I am a little stuck with few options.  Amanda and Bacula and things
like that that rely on tar.  Good old trusty crusty tar.  At this point I
expect Mr. Schilling to come wading in with an observation or two.

Dennis

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