macmuchmore
Explorer
- Joined
- Feb 4, 2020
- Messages
- 58
Hi - I have 1 FreeNAS server running 11.3-U3.2. It has 3 shares, one for movies, one for software, and one for general data. In addition, I have it configured with 2 jails, one for a Plex server and one for a Unifi Controller. It is running very well, but I would like to back up at least the 3 shares, but ideally I would want a failover backup FreeNAS server. I will be building the server this week, and was wondering if I can utilize ZFS replication to accomplish this task. I have watched the following video from Lawrence Systems (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=et7JyacV_hA) and think I have a fair understanding of how to set it up, but I am unsure if this will work for my situation. I guess what I am asking for is advice - should I just backup my shares? Can I backup the entire server to server #2 and use it as a failover? (meaning the ZFS replication would duplicate the entire server, and if #1 fails, I could just go to #2 and turn on the services I use)... Currently I just back up the data on the shares, but would like to automate that. Anyways, any suggestions or advice would be appreciated. Thanks!