Seems like an interesting option that could be used as part of the overall backup plan. ie. Have workstations run timeshift to backup settings/config to an NFS share when doing software updates, and periodically. Looks like it can also clone a desktop setup, so might be usefull when changing distro.
Related question for anyone, seeing as I have a box with 6 hard drives, gigabit Ethernet, and no data on it right now. What is a good simple tool for bench-marking network and drive read/write speed together? I see hard drive tools and network tools, but I’d like to try some things, like setup a ZFS pool with six drives, served over NFS, and see how fast I can copy files to and from it over the network (ideally using ram on the client so the client’s disks don’t become a factor).
Is it a good test to copy (dd) /dev/urandom from the client to a file on the server and check the transfer speed? It only shows the average when you’re done though.
That would simulate copy a large file or streaming a video (editing scenario).
What’s a good test for read/write speed on NFS for many small files?
Interesting. It’s built in PHP. I was thinking of writing something in PHP to manage backups since it’s a language I already know. Looks like it’s in the repos too:
sudo apt install phoronix-test-suite
Does anyone know how to do a network test with Phoronix? I got it installed and tried running test #101, “Flexible I/O Tester”. But I’m not sure what it’s actually testing as it didn’t ask me what drive to test. It also seems to be giving reuslts in seconds, not Mbps.