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Hi out there!
I'm currently trying to find out how to best set up my FreeNAS server for timemachine backups for several Macs in the network (well, three of them, but may become more).
I would just create one shared dataset for all Macs. Afaik timemachine just grows its sparsebundle as far as required and possible and then deletes oldest backups to make newer backups fit. So there already is a mechanism for balancing the storage usage.
question: Would you recommend using one dataset for all Macs or is there a good reason to create separate datasets for each Machine in the network?
Another question: Does it make any sense to use compression in the dataset?
Thank you!
-fun-
P.S: I case this is of any relevance for the question: I'm running FreeNAS-9.3-STABLE-201512121950 on a HP ProLiant Gen.8 MicroServer. Currently with only one disk and no USV. I'm testing / evaluating. :)
I'm currently trying to find out how to best set up my FreeNAS server for timemachine backups for several Macs in the network (well, three of them, but may become more).
I would just create one shared dataset for all Macs. Afaik timemachine just grows its sparsebundle as far as required and possible and then deletes oldest backups to make newer backups fit. So there already is a mechanism for balancing the storage usage.
question: Would you recommend using one dataset for all Macs or is there a good reason to create separate datasets for each Machine in the network?
Another question: Does it make any sense to use compression in the dataset?
Thank you!
-fun-
P.S: I case this is of any relevance for the question: I'm running FreeNAS-9.3-STABLE-201512121950 on a HP ProLiant Gen.8 MicroServer. Currently with only one disk and no USV. I'm testing / evaluating. :)
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