Yeah I somewhat understand the phrase "snapshots are not backups". But what really constitutes a "backup" ? Because I argue snapshots are backups. I snapshot a

Yeah I somewhat understand the phrase "snapshots are not backups". But what really constitutes a "backup" ? Because I argue snapshots are backups. I snapshot a dataset. And use ZFS send/recv to a remote ZFS server of the dataset snapshot. Is that not a backup? I argue it is. If the original dataset is completely trashed I simply send/recv again the remote snapshot of that dataset back to the primary server. Plus you can update with incremental send/recv as well. I simply don't need tapes. I suppose for archival purposes one might want a tape copy somewhere. But even tapes are problematic. They degrade, get chewed up, etc. There are fewer variables with digital data for me personally.