[unsnap_biceps]

zfs snapshots are difficult to offsite in non-zfs replicas, say like an S3 bucket.

That said, there's another less known feature that bundles help out with when used with `git clone --bundle-uri` The client can specify a location to a bundle, or the server can send the client the bundle location in the clone results and the client can fetch the bundle, unpack it, and then update the delta via the git server, so it's a lot lighter weight on the server for cloning large repos, and a ton faster for the client for initial clones.

[benlivengood]

I think if you want consistent snapshot backups on non-zfs destinations the safest thing is to clone the snapshot and rsync from the clone. Not a single-step operation but preserves the atomicity of the snapshot.

EDIT: you could also rsync from a .zfs snapshot directory if you have them enabled.

[nightfly]

ZFS can send to file or whatever you want to pipe to, you can have incremental sends, and if you convert to bookmarks on the sender you don't have to keep the historical data after you send it