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- Sep 27, 2003
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- #61
If the SSD with your ZFS OS goes down, how will you access the ZFS volume without a backup drive to run the VM that will allow you to retrieve the backup?
You could go the hot swap route and just disconnect the backup drive when not needed. Or (though I do not know if you can do this), I think ESXi can use USB devices as storage (not to run off, but at least for backups). A HDD in a USB enclosure should allow you to disconnect/power it down when you're not backing up.
I obviously wasn't thinking!!