PBS vs backup job is PVE

[NinthWave]

I read the documentation and cannot get why I would need PBS over just running backup jobs from : PVE\Datacenter\Backup ?

I'd like some explainer on the limitations of the later ?

Thanks

 

[Dunuin]

You mean except for being able to:
- use encryption
- ransomware protection
- zero trust
- verifying backups so you aren't screwed when you need to restore it but it silently corrupted
- saving tons of space because of deduplicaton (storing 12 monthly + 4 weekly + 7 daily + 24 hourly backups with PBS will probably consume less space than 2 or 3 daily backups with VZDump)
- incremental backups possible (so less wasted bandwidth and backups will only take a fraction of the time)
- live restore (so you can run that VM even while it is still restoring)
- syncing backups between multiple PBSs (great for your offsite requirement of the 3-2-1 rule)
- single file restores so you can get a file of a VM without needing to restore the whole VM
...

 

[NinthWave]

You mean except for being able to:
- use encryption
- ransomware protection
- zero trust
- verifying backups so you aren't screwed when you need to restore it but it silently corrupted
- saving tons of space because of deduplicaton (storing 12 monthly + 4 weekly + 7 daily + 24 hourly backups with PBS will probably consume less space than 2 or 3 daily backups with VZDump)
- incremental backups possible (so less wasted bandwidth and backups will only take a fraction of the time)
- live restore (so you can run that VM even while it is still restoring)
- syncing backups between multiple PBSs (great for your offsite requirement of the 3-2-1 rule)
- single file restores so you can get a file of a VM without needing to restore the whole VM
...

ahahaha THANKS

no, not except for that. That's exactly what I needed.

Either I did not read thorouhly or, I would have benefited from a "comparison table" that I did not find but I fully get the benefits you listed.

I would add it's not that I did not find what was offered by PBS but rather that I did not easily found what PVE integrated solution did not offer.

Either way, thanks again