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'just' run a ZFS pool? That's a storage setup anyway, not a backup method. @Scilly.Suffolk can you be more specific on how much data, what kind, how many machines, OS, need for incrementals etc?
chez_jay-
Yes, it's a storage method, but you can cycle out drives to achieve a duplicate of the ZFS pool with correction for data corruption and drive redundancy.
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can you be more specific on how much data, what kind, how many machines, OS, need for incrementals etc?
- <500gb
- video, photo, audio, document
- one desktop
- Linux Mint 18.2 Cinnamon 64-bit
- I'm not sure I understand the question, but the date doesn't alter much, rather files are added (or removed)
As much as I appreciate everyone's time and trouble, my needs are quite modest as is my experience with Linux.
Despite fidbod's advice I've now bought a caddy and an internal SSD, which means I have two HD spare and intend to cycle those for my back-ups.
- <500gb
hamrack
Scilly.Suffolk
If @Scilly.Suffolk is on linux then why doesn't he just run his own ZFS pool?
I've looked at B2 as an offsite backup for my FreeNAS box but it seems bloody expensive compared with the personal backup stuff for the amount I want to store. I ended up copying it all to some massive hard drives and taking them to my mum's house...