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ZFS Autobackup

Automated ZFS snapshot and replication tool

Backup & Recovery ★ 794 stars Medium setup GPL-2.0

zfs-autobackup is a tool for automatically creating and replicating ZFS snapshots between hosts and pools. It handles retention thinning and supports encrypted transfers.

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Key features

  • Automated ZFS snapshots
  • Cross-host replication
  • Retention thinning
  • Encrypted sends

Strengths

  • Released under the GPL-2.0 license
  • Written in Python
  • Tiny footprint — runs in 128 MB RAM

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