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On 17.03.2010 15:15, Edward Ned Harvey wrote:
>> I think what you're saying is: Why bother trying to backup with "zfs
>> send"
>> when the recommended practice, fully supportable, is to use other tools
>> for
>> backup, such as tar, star, Amanda, bacula, etc. Right?
>>
>> The answer to this is very simple.
>> #1 ...
>> #2 ...
>
> Oh, one more thing. "zfs send" is only discouraged if you plan to store the
> data stream and do "zfs receive" at a later date.
>
> If instead, you are doing "zfs send | zfs receive" onto removable media, or
> another server, where the data is immediately fed through "zfs receive" then
> it's an entirely viable backup technique.
... Fine. Tell me how to make a zpool on LTO-3 tapes. ;)
Hence my earlier questions about the possibility of simply adding a
parameter to the send/receive commands to use the ALREADY BUILT IN code
for providing some sort of FEC to the stream. It _REALLY_ would solve
the "store" problem.
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