I love the ingenuity. I will most likely be reaching out at some point in the future, if not just out of sheer curiosity. Regards, [image] Anthony Fecarotta Founder & President [image] anthony@linehaul.ai <mailto:anthony@linehaul.ai> [image] 224-339-1182 [image] (855) 625-0300 [image] 1 Mid America Plz Flr 3 Oakbrook Terrace, IL 60181 [image] www.linehaul.ai <http://www.linehaul.ai/> [image] <http://www.linehaul.ai/> [image] <https://www.linkedin.com/in/anthony-fec/> On Wed Aug 13, 2025, 10:04 PM GMT, Sergio Rabellino <mailto:rabellino@di.unito.it> wrote:
I modified for my purposes this little tool: https://github.com/teralytics/ceph-backup to do incremental backup for RBD volumes.
In addition I wrote also a little python tool to flatten rbd incremental snapshot downloads over the corresponding full rbd image (My backup appliance is mounted as a filesystem).
With this strategy I do a single full rbd image download and subsequently I need only to do incremental snapshot downloads; only a predefined bunch of snapshots are stored along the full image by flattening the oldest one over the full-image, then the corresponding snapshot is removed (daily backup).
As we use ceph for openstack volumes, we did also a very little change into cinder code, and all of the backup works are completely invisible to people, just admin knows that there are the backup-snapshots.
Probably rough, but works: If anyone is interested in, just ask.
My 5cents...
On 08/13/2025 06:36 PM, Anthony Fecarotta wrote:
Hello,
I'm curious how the community handles backup and disaster recovery planning with Ceph in production environments. Does running Ceph fundamentally change your backup strategy compared to traditional storage solutions?
Specifically, I'm interested in: - Are you backing up at the RBD level, or relying on application-level backups? - How do you handle cross-site replication for disaster recovery? - Any tools or practices you'd recommend for automated backup scheduling?
Regards, [image] Anthony Fecarotta Founder & President [image] anthony@linehaul.ai <mailto:anthony@linehaul.ai> [image] 224-339-1182 [image] (855) 625-0300 [image] 1 Mid America Plz Flr 3 Oakbrook Terrace, IL 60181
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