Note: "permalinks" may not be as permanent as we would like,
direct links of old sources may well be a few messages off.
On 28/08/2017 14:13, Yannis Milios wrote: > I use lvm-based block device on critical installation, actually. > However, backing up block devices is an hassle compared to regular > files: you basically need to use ddrescue or, even worse, plain dd. > Especially with the latter, you need to be *extremely* careful, as its > "alias name" (data-destroyer) is here for a reason. > > > I use proxmox which has implemented vzdump for backing up raw devices. > No issues so far and no need to use dd. > > https://pve.proxmox.com/wiki/VZDump > > In addition to that, ZFS snapshots can be used as a quick point in time > backup. > > Yannis Fair enought. I'll surely try it. Thanks. -- Danti Gionatan Supporto Tecnico Assyoma S.r.l. - www.assyoma.it email: g.danti at assyoma.it - info at assyoma.it GPG public key ID: FF5F32A8