Hi Robert Thanks for raising this question , backup and restores options has always been interesting to discuss. i too have a connected question for Inktank. ?> Is there any work going for support of ceph cluster getting backed by enterprise *proprietary* backup solutions available today **************************************************************** Karan Singh CSC - IT Center for Science, Keilaranta 14, P. O. Box 405, FIN-02101 Espoo, Finland mobile: +358 503 812758 tel. +358 9 4572001 fax +358 9 4572302 http://www.csc.fi/ **************************************************************** On 02 Apr 2014, at 10:08, Robert Sander <r.sander at heinlein-support.de> wrote: > Hi, > > what are the options to consistently backup and restore > data out of a ceph cluster? > > - RBDs can be snapshotted. > - Data on RBDs used inside VMs can be backed up using tools from the guest. > - CephFS data can be backed up using rsync are similar tools > > What about object data in other pools? > > There are two scenarios where a backup is needed: > > - disaster recovery, i.e. the while cluster goes nuts > - single item restore, because PEBKAC or application error > > Is there any work on progress to cover these? > > Regards > -- > Robert Sander > Heinlein Support GmbH > Schwedter Str. 8/9b, 10119 Berlin > > http://www.heinlein-support.de > > Tel: 030 / 405051-43 > Fax: 030 / 405051-19 > > Zwangsangaben lt. ?35a GmbHG: > HRB 93818 B / Amtsgericht Berlin-Charlottenburg, > Gesch?ftsf?hrer: Peer Heinlein -- Sitz: Berlin > > _______________________________________________ > ceph-users mailing list > ceph-users at lists.ceph.com > http://lists.ceph.com/listinfo.cgi/ceph-users-ceph.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.ceph.com/pipermail/ceph-users-ceph.com/attachments/20140402/09624014/attachment.htm>