sanoid
These are policy-driven snapshot management and replication tools which use OpenZFS for underlying next-gen storage. (Btrfs support plans are shelved unless and until btrfs becomes reliable.) (by jimsalterjrs)
ubuntu-server-zfsbootmenu
Ubuntu zfsbootmenu install script (by Sithuk)
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sanoid
Posts with mentions or reviews of sanoid.
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- ZFS took full backup (send/receive) without snapshots but now what to prevent another full transfer?
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ZFS for Dummies
I’m on the other end of the spectrum. I like knowing the flags and settings I use to create the pools.
For snapshots and replication take a look at sanoid (https://github.com/jimsalterjrs/sanoid).
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Automatic container snapshots? cv4pve or zfs for a small homelab?
I use a combo of PBS and ZFS with Sanoid. The ZFS snapshots are nice because you define it all in a config file with frequent, hourly, daily, weekly, monthly snaps retained however you want. Importantly I use that on the root pool as well as my data pools. With PBS I have a custom retention config and have it backing up VMs and LXCs every couple hours. The PBS dedupe functionality makes it possible to keep full backups going back ages with minimal storage consumption, just the changed blocks. PBS is running inside a VM yes, but it’s storage is on another pool.
- [QUESTION] Dataset level replication
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YSK: You can 'zfs send' over SSH to the cloud
[3] https://github.com/jimsalterjrs/sanoid/
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New to ZFS, what layout to choose for 4x20TB drives?
No, it's written by the developer of Sanoid and Syncoid. The foremost open source ZFS snapshotting tool. He contributes on this sub all the time.
- Python Port of 600 Line Bash Script: rsync-time-machine.py for Rsync Backups
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Some questions about the limitations of ZFS send.
Hi there! Not so much to answer your questions, but are you aware of Sanoid and syncoid? It does backup and remote Sync in the most seamless way. Perhaps this would solve some of your concerns...
- Help me understand zfs send for incremental send AND replication?
- Ask HN: Why isn't BTRFS the default FS in home-oriented Linux distributions?
ubuntu-server-zfsbootmenu
Posts with mentions or reviews of ubuntu-server-zfsbootmenu.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-05-08.
- How to keep Ubuntu from creating a dozen /var subdirectories?
- Lunar Lobster 23.04: Easy, smooth ZFS on Root install
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Ubuntu 23.04 Desktop's New Installer Set To Ship Without OpenZFS Install Support
https://github.com/Sithuk/ubuntu-server-zfsbootmenu I've been using this with success in my last few installs
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ZFS on Root dataset layout? Ubuntu but without Zsys
Several of us on this sub have been using this script to install ZFS on ubuntu with zfsbootmenu: https://github.com/Sithuk/ubuntu-server-zfsbootmenu
- Getting started with ZFS and looking for direction.
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Do I need zsys or are there alternatives?
If you want a ZFS root, look at https://zfsbootmenu.org/. If you want it for Ubuntu specifically, consider Sithuk's script which automates it at https://github.com/Sithuk/ubuntu-server-zfsbootmenu .
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Accidentally made a stripped system disk, need to make it mirror instead
If you're going Ubuntu, you might want to consider Sithuk's automated script, which makes the process considerably easier. https://github.com/Sithuk/ubuntu-server-zfsbootmenu
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Future of ZFS on Ubuntu?
Looks like someone (u/Sithuk) already has messed around with setting that up with a script. No idea how well it works, but I'd definitely use it as a reference: https://github.com/Sithuk/ubuntu-server-zfsbootmenu
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Announcing ZFSBootMenu 2.1.0
I ended up trying this and it worked almost flawlessly (issue with auto-selecting apt mirrors, but easily fixed).
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A Somewhat Opinionated Guide to ZFS Snapshots
https://github.com/Sithuk/ubuntu-server-zfsbootmenu this project is probably the closest I have seen to the idea install.
What are some alternatives?
When comparing sanoid and ubuntu-server-zfsbootmenu you can also consider the following projects:
zrepl - One-stop ZFS backup & replication solution
dracut-crypt-ssh - dracut initramfs module to start dropbear sshd during boot to unlock the root filesystem with the (cryptsetup) LUKS passphrase remotely
zfs-auto-snapshot - ZFS Automatic Snapshot Service for Linux
dracut-sshd - Provide SSH access to initramfs early user space on Fedora and other systems that use Dracut
znapzend - zfs backup with remote capabilities and mbuffer integration.
zfs-keyvault - systemd service to securely load ZFS encryption keys from Azure Key Vault
zfs_autobackup - ZFS autobackup is used to periodicly backup ZFS filesystems to other locations. Easy to use and very reliable.
zfsbootmenu - ZFS Bootloader for root-on-ZFS systems with support for snapshots and native full disk encryption
zfs - OpenZFS on Linux and FreeBSD
archiso-zfs - Easily load ZFS kernel module on any Archiso.
UrBackup - UrBackup - Client/Server Open Source Network Backup for Windows, MacOS and Linux
httm - Interactive, file-level Time Machine-like tool for ZFS/btrfs/nilfs2 (and even actual Time Machine backups!)
sanoid vs zrepl
ubuntu-server-zfsbootmenu vs dracut-crypt-ssh
sanoid vs zfs-auto-snapshot
ubuntu-server-zfsbootmenu vs dracut-sshd
sanoid vs znapzend
ubuntu-server-zfsbootmenu vs zfs-keyvault
sanoid vs zfs_autobackup
ubuntu-server-zfsbootmenu vs zfsbootmenu
sanoid vs zfs
ubuntu-server-zfsbootmenu vs archiso-zfs
sanoid vs UrBackup
ubuntu-server-zfsbootmenu vs httm