Re: file-system snapshot under freebsd for backup

From: ProAce <proace(at)gmail(dot)com>
To: "Bill Moran" <wmoran(at)potentialtech(dot)com>
Cc: pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: file-system snapshot under freebsd for backup
Date: 2007-08-02 13:58:52
Message-ID: 737a6d270708020658w320cfceaqa1e9a2bd5638b253@mail.gmail.com
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I use SAN, not NAS. :)

Because some bugdet issue, I just have a basic SAN environment.
For multipathing, I use geom_fox to complete.
For snapshot, I want to use mksnap_ffs.

But I don't have any experience of using mksnap_ffs to backup pgsql.
Does anyone give me some advice?

2007/8/2, Bill Moran <wmoran(at)potentialtech(dot)com>:
>
> Maybe. I'm confused by your question, but:
> * If the data directory is on an FFS2 volume on a FreeBSD machine, you
> can use mksnap_ffs to back it up, and that approach is actually
> recommended for PITR-type backups.
> * If the data is mounted via NFS or something similar and the filesystem
> is not FFS2, then snapshots are not available on FreeBSD.
>
> --
> Bill Moran
> http://www.potentialtech.com
>

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