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OpenMediaVault
openmediavault is the next generation network attached storage (NAS) solution based on Debian Linux. Thanks to the modular design of the framework it can be enhanced via plugins. openmediavault is primarily designed to be used in home environments or small home offices.
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Moby
The Moby Project - a collaborative project for the container ecosystem to assemble container-based systems
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zfsbootmenu
ZFS Bootloader for root-on-ZFS systems with support for snapshots and native full disk encryption
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SaaSHub
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httm
Interactive, file-level Time Machine-like tool for ZFS/btrfs/nilfs2 (and even Time Machine and Restic backups!)
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zfs_autobackup
ZFS autobackup is used to periodicly backup ZFS filesystems to other locations. Easy to use and very reliable.
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SaaSHub
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Ask HN: What do you use to backup your VMs?
ZFS Offsite Backup configured using Syncoid [1] in pull mode. My backup server is started weekly using a pre-configured Shelly Plug. After boot, it connects to the main server, pulls latest ZFS Snapshots, does a ZFS scrub, sends an email for confirmation to me, and shuts down. The Shelly Plug-S is configured in a Home Assistant automation to shut off power completely if under 10W for 10 Minutes.
The advantage of this setup is that the Backup server does not need to know the encryption keys for ZFS. It can pull snapshots without knowing keys (i.e. zero trust).
[1]: https://github.com/jimsalterjrs/sanoid/blob/master/syncoid
- 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?
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