Re: consistency of import-diff

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Am 04.03.20 um 15:44 schrieb Wido den Hollander:
> 
> 
> On 3/3/20 8:46 PM, Stefan Priebe - Profihost AG wrote:
>> Hello,
>>
>> does anybody know whether there is any mechanism to make sure an image
>> looks like the original after an import-diff?
>>
>> While doing ceph backups on another ceph cluster i currently do a fresh
>> import every 7 days. So i'm sure if something went wrong with
>> import-diff i have a fresh one every 7 days.
>>
>> Otherwise i waste a lot of backup storage. So i wanted to know if there
>> is any way to be sure that the image is OK and save and match the
>> orignal snapshot afterwards.
> 
> But how can you be sure that the program that verifies this for you
> doesn't have a bug?

May be with object checksums from ceph or something like this.

> I understand what you are trying to do, but it's a trade-off. Endless
> snapshots are also a danger because bit-rot can sneak in somewhere which
> you might not notice.
> 
> A fresh export (full copy) every X period protects you against this.

Yes that is what i'm doing since years but i just wanted to know if
there might be a better way.

> 
> Wido
> 
>>
>> Greets,
>> Stefan
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