On Tue, Apr 2, 2013 at 7:37 PM, Harald Glatt <mail@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hi list, > > what are currently the backup options for btrfs? > > Is it possible to somehow duplicate the entire filesystem including > all snapshots without using the real space for each snapshot onto a > remote server? (Maybe given the remote server uses btrfs too?) Are > these features planned? > > Right now the only solution I know of is dd if=eachDevice, netcat and > xz or something combined. But that is not exactly a great solution. > > The other thing is rsyncing a single snapshot, but if I rsync several > they occupy the full space on the remote machine each which is also > less than optimal... > > Any other suggestions? > > Thanks! > Harald I was informed (via private mail) of the existance of btrfs send / receive. I'm looking into that now to see how many of the things I'd like to see are (or will be) covered by it! Thanks Harald -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-btrfs" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
