Recommendations for backup methods

[Rick Romero]

  Quoting Daniel Miller <dmiller at amfes.com>:

> I've been re-thinking my backup strategy - I wanted to see what  
> input others have.  At this time - I'm using sdbox as the primary  
> storage format and running on a single server.
>
> Previously, all my backups were simple filesystem backups. Either  
> inotify-based or cron-based.  The whole mail folder structure would  
> then be copied to a remote storage site.  I've changed services - I  
> now use OpenDrive for the remote storage and can access the remote  
> drive as a mounted folder via WebDAV.  I also now use a cron-based  
> series of restic jobs for the backup processing.
>
> Because I have some large folders - both personal & business letters  
> going back quite some time as well as mailing list archives - some  
> mail folders can be quite sizable.  Now I'm wondering, between  
> sdbox's support for alternate locations and the ability to use  
> different storage formats via namespaces - perhaps I should setup  
> archive folders that are stored differently to improve backup  
> performance.  Maybe maildir or even mbox for the archive folders - I  
> create one per year?
>
> Any comments?  Experiences?
>
> -- Daniel

IMHO, Maildir ontop of zfs.  But anything ontop of zfs will solve it.
zfs Snapshot for local 'backups', zfs send to remote server for real backup.

Rick
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