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I have been running servers since 2003. CS 1.6 does not need ZFS backups. My current strategy is "reinstall from Steam, configs in git." The young people in this thread are doing something very complicated with their data.
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I break things for a living. The complication is sometimes justified. ZFS send to a target you control means you can test your restore by receiving to a pool. You cannot easily test a Borg restore at the same fidelity without extracting everything. For compliance work this matters.
But for one VPS? I agree with Fritz48. Overkill. I use rsync.net at work because we have budget. At home I use restic to Backblaze B2.
I went back and read the first post again. Fritz48 says "restic or borgmatic handle my use case adequately." If adequate is true, the premium is not justified. The question answers itself.
This. The thread keeps arguing about ZFS superiority but the opener already said their use case is handled. The premium is for people who are not handled.
Same here. Borg to Hetzner. Never had a restore fail.
I used rsync.net ZFS for six months. It worked perfectly. I cancelled because I needed the money for something else. The product is good. My budget is the problem.
This should be the tagline for half the threads on this board.
Coming in late. Has anyone mentioned that rsync.net bills in USD, not EUR? For a Berlin-based user that adds forex risk unless you hedge with TransferWise or something. Hetzner https://www.hetzner.com bills in EUR. Small thing but it matters over a year.
I did not mention this but you are correct. My Leaseweb invoice is EUR. My Hetzner is EUR. rsync.net would be USD. With exchange rate fluctuations this makes the 4x even more variable. Good catch.
To everyone who replied: thank you. The consensus seems to be that ZFS send is technically superior for specific workloads, but the rsync.net premium only amortizes at scale or for compliance reasons. For my single Leaseweb VPS, I will stick with Borg and revisit if the dataset complexity changes.
Smart. Most people overbuy then underuse. You are doing the opposite. Thread bookmarked for when I am in the same position.
