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ZFS snapshots to second server

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EnderW

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Would like some opinions on my ZFS plans.

Main server will be a supermicro and xeon setup in a 16 bay chembro chassis.
Drive configuration most likely 2 x 6 disk raidz2.
I would use snapshots for my backups.

For my tier1 or extremely important data, I would like to have a second server consisting of a hp proliant with 4 drives in raidz1. I would like the primary server to backup the tier1 data to the second server via snapshots.

How does this sound? Reasonable? Anyone with experiences doing something similar?
 
pretty standard for ZFS; expensive higher IO disks for production, larger capacity slower disk for backup. You'll find this to be a "run of the mill" use of ZFS. I have several SAS based production ZPOOL's (mirror based) shipping snapshots via zfs send/recv and netcat to a SATA based (raidz) backup server.

As for SuperMicro and HP Proliant, no issues there either. Try to steer clear of the proper HP SmartArray controllers and opt instead for the re-branded LSI controllers that can be flashed with IT mode firmware.

You'll find lots of "snapshot backup scripts" available on the net for just this kind of setup you've described.
 
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