thisisviniciusnascimento S3 backups on Backblaze don’t work well with Enhance; there’s an issue with deleting old backups. I switched to Wasabi and Storj, and it’s fantastic! I also suggest you consider migrating unless you want to pay for unnecessary GB.
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thisisviniciusnascimento the only thing that’s causing a bit of frustration for me is the S3 backups
Don't use S3 backups, instead us Enhance backups then back those up to S3/Backblaze. It's more cost effective, uses far less space and gives you many more backup points.
See: https://community.enhance.com/d/1185-enhance-backups-replication
alenguav Could you please elaborate on the transition process from Docker to Systemd?
The transition from Docker-based services to systemd-managed services can indeed be complex, especially for production environments. I wish I had beta access to v12 so I could know more, but my guess is that Enhance will likely release an update script to automate the process. I also expect that their CLI upgrade might involve transitioning each service incrementally and verifying each before switching off Docker. This approach could help mitigate downtime since each service would only briefly disconnect.
If it were up to me, I’d definitely consider beta testing for this update to gather real-world feedback, but I trust the Enhance team’s expertise. They’ve built an impressive platform, and given their track record, I’m confident they’ll implement the best approach for a seamless transition.
https://blog.jlcarveth.dev/docker_vs_systemd
Maybe useful to read.
DracoBlue Thanks for the tip, I was going to test it tonight.
xyzulu From what I understand, backing up backups isn’t effective. I checked with Adam on this, and he confirmed there’s no real benefit to it. Enhance won’t recognize backups restored this way if you try to set up a new backup server to replace a failed one. Please let me know if I’ve misunderstood anything.
ivansalloum It might not export back to the backup server, which your correct being BTRFS snapshot based... however, having a full copy elsewhere is a mitigation strategy. There's nothing stopping you manually extracting the archives you've taken, rsyncing them to the app server and letting the backups resume as normal again.
This of course suggests both app server failed and backup server failed and your using your 3rd copy to recover from.
That said it could also be for long term storage, enhance backups have a limit before there recycled. You might need to recover an email that was in someones inbox from 6 months ago, that no longer lives on the email server, or within the backups that are shorter than that.
DracoBlue Watch out for Wasabis 'Time deleted storage' terms. They charge to delete storage... Advertise $6usd per 1TB, but charge $30usd to delete retention backups......
webhostwizards Exactly, I moved to storj.io, and the prices are much better.
So is there any update to the roadmap? any delays? are we still due for this month?
Hi all,
I'm afraid there will be a further delay to v12. We're still perfecting the update process from earlier versions of Enhance to 12.0.0 to ensure that it's completely safe and non-disruptive.
At the moment I'm unable to provide an accurate release date but from discussions It sounds like we're talking weeks. I'm hoping as more information is shared I'll be able to pin point a date to share with you.
Uh oh. Wait for the moans now.
Impatient folk who don’t understand development can incur unexpected delays….
Aliysa_Enhance Thanks for the communications and the details.
I understand the delay in doing an update that needs to be safe, but this will push forward any minor hotfixes or small features. I understand that the reengineering of v12 acts as a bottleneck, i understand that we cannot have OLS persistent if OLS service need to be changed, but not having a single update from August 1st dosn't help to digest the wait, not even the initial account setup popup fixed... overall I still remain positive, but I wanted to tell you my thoughts. Fingers crossed to see a great v12.