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.
gmcMar 13

Wow, #sanoid went a bit crazy, it's been creating and not pruning thousands and thousands of snapshots over the past few months on my main server, making it impossibly slow to get a list of zfs snapshots, which led to many sanoid processes running at the same time trying to do the same time, but only after creating ever more snapshots.

I've intervened and now it's been cleaning up snapshots. For days already.

Don Clemente 🔜39C3 ☎️2470Mar 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 threadPaul 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