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index 08ed935..494f6a7 100644
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+++ b/.obsidian/workspace.json
@@ -62,9 +62,23 @@
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@@ -96,7 +110,7 @@
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@@ -122,8 +136,7 @@
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     "References/Western Digital 3.0 TB HDD WD30EZRX.md",
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diff --git a/_Inbox/Sanoid and Syncoid Setup.md b/_Inbox/Sanoid and Syncoid Setup.md
index 19572dc..180b769 100644
--- a/_Inbox/Sanoid and Syncoid Setup.md	
+++ b/_Inbox/Sanoid and Syncoid Setup.md	
@@ -25,7 +25,12 @@ I've set this up on on a [[Proxmox]] backup machine, it creates the zfs snapshot
 	`/etc/sanoid/sanoid.conf`
 	`/etc/sanoid/sanoid.defaults.conf`
 	`/usr/local/bin/zfs-nightly-backup.sh`
-- setup the cron job
-	`crontab -e`
-	`0 3 * * * /usr/local/bin/zfs-nightly-backup.sh > /var/log/zfs-backup.log 2>&1`
-	
+
+### scheduled snapshots and prune
+
+by default, when installing via `apt` it starts a timer service that executes every 15minutes. for my requirements i need to disable this for now
+	`systemctl stop timer.sanoid.service`
+	`systemctl disable time.sanoid.service`
+
+
+