This reminds me to remind people to put their apps on snapshotting filesystems and activate autonatic, regular snapshots. Then you can always go back to a working version when something goes wrong.
This reminds me to remind people to put their apps on snapshotting filesystems and activate autonatic, regular snapshots. Then you can always go back to a working version when something goes wrong.
Vorpal@programming.dev â¨3⊠â¨weeks⊠ago
Snapshots are great for solving accidental oopses, and for getting consistent backups that reflect a single point in time. But they arenât backups. If the HDD or SSD dies snapshots donât help. If the file system gets corrupted snapshots donât help. If the file data becomes corrupt snapshots donât help (since they only store a single copy of any version of a file).
So snapshots are no substitute for backups. I run btrfs and I do backups, and I sync those backups to a remote location (look up 3-2-1 backup).
unskilled5117@feddit.org â¨2⊠â¨weeks⊠ago
I canât speak for btrfs, but with zfs you usually are advised to send the snapshots off to another location too. That usecase is highly supported.
avidamoeba@lemmy.ca â¨3⊠â¨weeks⊠ago
Snapshots arenât backup. No question.