ZFS backup target (like rsync.net)

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Any one know of other services that support native zfs send/recive?
I know of rsync.net, but their minimum of 5TB is a bit much for my needs.
And zfs.rent do not have a register page, and have not responded to my emails.

any other alternatives i could look at?

(i have read through this post as well, and want to also sync to a friends home server, but that’s another discussion)

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Not directly, and probably not in a way that’ll make you happy–the other option is renting a box from Hetzner or PhoenixNAP or somebody, but if you don’t like rsync.net’s minimums, you’re not going to like those prices, either.

If 5TB is larger than you need, you could maybe try setting up a replication target on a FreeBSD VM at Digital Ocean. It’s usually more of a pain than it’s worth trying to get ZFS working right in a provider’s VM, because most of the providers use custom kernels, but since it’s built directly into FreeBSD you should have better luck that way.

(There is not a problem using FreeBSD as an OpenZFS backup target for Linux, or vice versa, typically. Just be careful about what optional feature flags you enable.)

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If you go via Cloud Storage for Offsite Backups - borg support there’s a link to order much lower minimums. Take a look and see if that helps.

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With that Borg option can you use zfs send and receive still?

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I have been testing their borg plan since it’s cheep to test at lower quotas.
And as far as i can tell they do not support zfs send/recive on the borg plan.
but recovering from a compromised backup server is not ideal.
That’s why rsync.net seems a lot better, as they do the work that sanoid would do, and handle securing their setup.
they still expose the .zfs folder so i can retrieve backups, but not delete snapshots.

Interesting suggestion. still means i need to manage the box. But that may be worth it until i end up with enough data where it makes sense to look at Rsync.net again.

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