Thanks Craig! I'll write up some docs/scripts for backing up radosgw and Ceph FS and share back with the community.
*Chris Armstrong*Head of Services OpDemand / Deis.io GitHub: https://github.com/deis/deis -- Docs: http://docs.deis.io/ On Wed, Nov 5, 2014 at 11:14 AM, Craig Lewis <cle...@centraldesktop.com> wrote: > No. For most people, that's not really practical. Where would you export > a 1 PB pool? :-) > > CephFS has some nice features that could make a traditional filesystem > backup much more efficient. It rolls the size and last-modified attributes > up the directory tree. If the backup client understood that feature, it > would make delta backups much faster to calculate. > > > On Wed, Nov 5, 2014 at 10:48 AM, Christopher Armstrong <ch...@opdemand.com > > wrote: > >> Hi Craig, >> >> We are indeed using both Ceph FS and radosgw. I know I can use tools to >> crawl over all the files and copy them someplace else, but wanted to see if >> there was a better Ceph-recommended way to backup the pools themselves >> which I can then re-import. >> >> >> *Chris Armstrong*Head of Services >> OpDemand / Deis.io >> >> GitHub: https://github.com/deis/deis -- Docs: http://docs.deis.io/ >> >> >> On Wed, Nov 5, 2014 at 10:44 AM, Craig Lewis <cle...@centraldesktop.com> >> wrote: >> >>> You linked to both RDB and CephFS topics. Looks like RDB is covered >>> well in this thread, but you'll need something else if you want to backup >>> CephFS (or RadosGW). >>> >>> CephFS is a normal file POSIX filesystem, so normal backup tools work on >>> it. Although that can be complicated if you make it large. >>> >>> You didn't mention RadosGW, so I'll skip that. >>> >>> >>> On Tue, Nov 4, 2014 at 11:52 PM, Christopher Armstrong < >>> ch...@opdemand.com> wrote: >>> >>>> Hi folks, >>>> >>>> I was wondering if anyone has a solution for performing a complete >>>> backup and restore of a CEph cluster. A Google search came up with some >>>> articles/blog posts, some of which are old, and I don't really have a great >>>> idea of the feasibility of this. >>>> >>>> Here's what I've found: >>>> >>>> http://ceph.com/community/blog/tag/backup/ >>>> http://ceph.com/docs/giant/rbd/rbd-snapshot/ >>>> >>>> http://t3491.file-systems-ceph-user.file-systemstalk.us/backups-t3491.html >>>> >>>> Is RBD snapshotting what I'm looking for? Is this even possible? Any >>>> info is much appreciated! >>>> >>>> Thanks, >>>> >>>> Chris >>>> >>>> >>>> *Chris Armstrong*Head of Services >>>> OpDemand / Deis.io >>>> >>>> GitHub: https://github.com/deis/deis -- Docs: http://docs.deis.io/ >>>> >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> ceph-users mailing list >>>> ceph-users@lists.ceph.com >>>> http://lists.ceph.com/listinfo.cgi/ceph-users-ceph.com >>>> >>>> >>> >> >
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