Ben Lavery-GriffithsMay 14

Off the back of setting up a new VM last week (https://hachyderm.io/@forquare/116539562128910028) I know have Headscale [1] running with Headscale-admin [2].

Most of my machines now connected to the new VPN setup, I think I'll wait the weekend out to move do the final move from ZeroTier - I'm camping this weekend and will be less able to fix anything that goes wrong.

I love how easy lots of things are.
#Sanoid installed, configured, and run.
#Syncoid currently sending snapshots to https://zfs.rent/
Not to mention just how simple FreeBSD is to run.

[1] https://headscale.net
[2] https://github.com/GoodiesHQ/headscale-admin

Show threadGuruprasad Apr 12
@ironicbadger, borgbackup backup of all my servers in my home and on the Internet to rsync.net which is then rsync’ed down to my main home server running #ZFS. All Linux computers run ZFS, make backups using #sanoid and send to that server using #syncoid. I’m planning to set up a personal remote backup at my in-laws’ place which provides a ZFS send target over #Tailscale
Show threadDavid Cantrell 🏏Mar 28

@lakeswimmer I use #rsnapshot. Been using it for years and it works great. I'm also one of the project maintainers so am biased.

In a brand new installation where everything used #ZFS (and really, everything *should* use ZFS - if it's not properly supported in your OS the OS is faulty and you should use a different one) then these days I'd use zfs send/recv, wrapped in #sanoid / #syncoid - https://github.com/jimsalterjrs/sanoid

Show threadGuruprasad Mar 16
@shur3d, if you are able to use #ZFS on the machines to be backed up too, you can use its snapshot replication for this. While there are many tools for this, I’ve been using #sanoid + #syncoid for this and it works very well.
Don ClementeMar 12
Hier eine ZFS Frage: sanoid scheint die bevorzugte Lösung für automatische Snapshots zu sein, oder übersehe ich was?
#followerpower #zfs #sanoid
Jim SalterFeb 5

Heya #zfs peeps--Klara just published an article of mine which goes over the basics of observability and monitoring of #openzfs systems. Including breadcrumbs leading you to a free to use web service and how to use it with #sanoid, if you're not feeling up to the challenge of running your own Nagios instance!

https://klarasystems.com/articles/openzfs-monitoring-and-observability-what-to-track-and-why-it-matters/

OpenZFS Monitoring and Observability

Learn how to monitor OpenZFS pool health, scrubs, snapshots, and free space using zpool status, Sanoid, and automated alerts.

Klara Systems
Show thread^. .^ Paul Wilde   Jan 16

@ruari apparently so... I've heard Allan Jude talk about it at least!

And if you think zfs send/recv is good - take a look at Jim Salter's #Sanoid / #Syncoid which orchestrates the process - absolute gold!

furicleNov 22, 2025

Made a minor update to my GitHub script to install #sanoid on #truenas scale.

Comments and bug reports welcome

https://github.com/furicle/Syncoid-Scale

Mikael HanssonNov 16, 2025

Today I had cause to revisit my home lab setup, and that in turn caused me to take a new look at my backup configuration and validate that everything is still in order.

If anyone is curious about setting up 3-2-1 style backups with #ZFS #snapshots using #Sanoid and #Syncoid, perhaps my writeup may be of some service.

https://oxcrag.net/blog/2025/11/16/zfs-backup-strategy-with-sanoid-and-syncoid.html

ZFS Backup Strategy with Sanoid and Syncoid

In my previous post, I discussed how I’ve migrated VMs to new storage. This gave me cause to also take a look at my backup configuration, to ensure I can still come back from catastrophic events.

oxcrag.net
Daniel TihanyiNov 10, 2025
I just had to restore a folder from backup, and it turned out, that my regular #ZFS snapshot service (Sanoid) was not running, I must've stopped the timer some time ago and forgot. But the nightly backups were still running, so the actual lost work is not that much. Test your #backup!
Ps. Thanks for @jimsalter and all other contributors for the amazing tool of #Sanoid and #Syncoid (which saved me this time)!