Backing Up to Directory and / or LVM

[tomc]

Hi
I would like some advise please.
I am looking after a few small networks, all are just single servers at multiple sites.
At the moment I am using Proxmox to Virtualise the servers and adding extra Hard Drives into the Machine and setting the extra drives up as Directories and backing up the Server to the HDD, doing multiple backups on each drive depending on the HDD size and Size of data.
Would I be better off using LVM for local backup?
Could I Backup across the network when I add another Machine?

 

[fireon]

Local backup is no backup. If da machine is dying, everything is gone. What we do? We install PVE on another machine, name like "backup". There are NFSfileshares for Backup. Then use https://pve.proxmox.com/wiki/Backup_and_Restore to setup your backuptask in the Webinterface.

If you use ZFS than you can also work with https://pve.proxmox.com/wiki/PVE-zsync .

 

[tomc]

Thanks Fireon
Look like I have some reading to do.
Also local backup does work in some situations, as long as the local disks you are backing up to are still OK.
We had a machine die, We brought in a new machine. Installed Proxmox, added the backup drives from the old machine, restored latest backup.
All up and running.
I agree will not work in case of fire or theft.

All the best Tom

 

[fireon]

Of course it is so in some situations. I think there are alway two situations: First, you need a backup when something was deleted or else... then a local backup will help you. And the second when the hardware completly crashes like peak voltage or fire, or yes somebody did rob your server. Of course it happens, then you are better off you have an extra backup on an extra server