Monthly Archives: October 2013

MySQL ZFS snapshot restoration

Posted on October 16, 2013 by danmassey99

Since yesterdays test on ZFS snapshots, we now have 25 snapshots in the snapshot archive which can be seen below. # cd /DATA/mysql/.zfs/snapshot/ # ls -lah total 36 dr-xr-xr-x 21 root wheel 21B Oct 16 21:00 . dr-xr-xr-x 4 root … Continue reading →

Posted in FreeBSD Administration, MySQL, ZFS | Tagged , , , | Leave a comment

Using ZFS snapshots to keep MySQL backups

Posted on October 15, 2013 by danmassey99

Whilst at a customer site the other day the question was raised over how they could keep a fair volume of backups of a MySQL database off site, while minimising bandwidth and disk space. So the usual ‘moon on a … Continue reading →

Posted in FreeBSD Administration, MySQL, ZFS | Tagged , , , | Leave a comment

Converting Cisco 877 from ADSL to FTTC

Posted on October 15, 2013 by danmassey99

Normally when we deploy FTTC to a client in an MPLS VPN we use the Cisco 887 and bypass the BT installed VDSL modem. On this occasion the client is already fully kitted out with Cisco 877 routers and is … Continue reading →

Posted in Cisco | Tagged , , | Leave a comment