On Thursday, January 2, 2020 9:47:44 AM MST Bruno Wolff III wrote:
> On Tue, Dec 31, 2019 at 17:05:41 -0700,
>
> "John M. Harris Jr." wrote:
> >If that's the case for LVM, then it seems that mdadm would be the easier
> >and safer option. You simply create an array with a missing disk, copy the
On Tue, Dec 31, 2019 at 17:05:41 -0700,
"John M. Harris Jr." wrote:
If that's the case for LVM, then it seems that mdadm would be the easier and
safer option. You simply create an array with a missing disk, copy the data
over, then add the existing disk to the array.
If you copy block by
On Sunday, December 29, 2019 12:54:48 PM MST Chris Murphy wrote:
> On Sat, Dec 28, 2019 at 2:01 PM Roberto Ragusa
> wrote:
> >
> >
> > On 12/26/19 10:54 PM, Chris Murphy wrote:
> >
> > > On Tue, Dec 24, 2019 at 2:56 PM Cameron Simpson wrote:
> > >
> > >>
> > >>
> > >> Oh yes, one more thing.
On Thursday, December 26, 2019 2:54:25 PM MST Chris Murphy wrote:
> On Tue, Dec 24, 2019 at 2:56 PM Cameron Simpson wrote:
>
> >
> >
> > Oh yes, one more thing. If you do the RAID1 thing: either make a shiny
> > new RAID1 and copy to it, or practice the transition with test drives.
> > Do not
On Sat, Dec 28, 2019 at 2:01 PM Roberto Ragusa wrote:
>
> On 12/26/19 10:54 PM, Chris Murphy wrote:
> > On Tue, Dec 24, 2019 at 2:56 PM Cameron Simpson wrote:
> >>
> >> Oh yes, one more thing. If you do the RAID1 thing: either make a shiny
> >> new RAID1 and copy to it, or practice the
On 12/26/19 10:54 PM, Chris Murphy wrote:
On Tue, Dec 24, 2019 at 2:56 PM Cameron Simpson wrote:
Oh yes, one more thing. If you do the RAID1 thing: either make a shiny
new RAID1 and copy to it, or practice the transition with test drives.
Do not risk your high value data by trying to "in
On 28Dec2019 07:32, Ed Greshko wrote:
On 2019-12-25 05:51, Cameron Simpson wrote:
We keep 2 backups: an "online" one which is updated regularly and an "offline"
one which lives in a drawer where accidents won't happen to it.
What does "online" (in quotes) mean?
Unmounted, but routinely
On 2019-12-25 05:51, Cameron Simpson wrote:
> We keep 2 backups: an "online" one which is updated regularly and an
> "offline" one which lives in a drawer where accidents won't happen to it.
What does "online" (in quotes) mean?
I ask since, until now, I don't recall anyone mentioning the 2
On Thursday, December 26, 2019 11:32:53 AM MST Chris Murphy wrote:
> On Tue, Dec 24, 2019 at 12:48 PM Javier Perez wrote:
>
> >
> >
> > Hi
> > I have my /home partition on a 2TB HDD drive about half full. Should be
> > doing regular backups but not in the habit.
>
> >
> >
> > What is better?
> >
On Tue, Dec 24, 2019 at 2:56 PM Cameron Simpson wrote:
>
> Oh yes, one more thing. If you do the RAID1 thing: either make a shiny
> new RAID1 and copy to it, or practice the transition with test drives.
> Do not risk your high value data by trying to "in place RAID1" it.
I'm not sure if this is
On Tue, Dec 24, 2019 at 12:48 PM Javier Perez wrote:
>
> Hi
> I have my /home partition on a 2TB HDD drive about half full. Should be doing
> regular backups but not in the habit.
>
> What is better?
> A. Purchase a second 2TB to create a Raid1 mirror or
> B. Purchase a second 4TB drive for
On Wed, 2019-12-25 at 13:29 +1100, Cameron Simpson wrote:
> On 25Dec2019 00:22, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote:
> > On Wed, 2019-12-25 at 08:51 +1100, Cameron Simpson wrote:
> > > Histbackup is here:
> > >
> > > https://bitbucket.org/cameron_simpson/css/src/tip/bin/histbackup
> > >
> > > There are
Javier Perez writes:
Hi
I have my /home partition on a 2TB HDD drive about half full. Should be doing
regular backups but not in the habit.
What is better?
A. Purchase a second 2TB to create a Raid1 mirror or
B. Purchase a second 4TB drive for backup purposes.
Since you already have an
On 25Dec2019 00:22, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote:
On Wed, 2019-12-25 at 08:51 +1100, Cameron Simpson wrote:
Histbackup is here:
https://bitbucket.org/cameron_simpson/css/src/tip/bin/histbackup
There are plenty of other similar tools.
I use rsnapshot, which seems quite similar. Any thoughts
On Wed, 2019-12-25 at 08:51 +1100, Cameron Simpson wrote:
> if you have multiple external drives (eg multiple backup drives
> for space reasons, or both the 1 and 2 copies plugged in at once) I
> recommend doing the backups in series, not in parallel; I've a little
> 4 port USB4 hub and have had
On Wed, 2019-12-25 at 08:51 +1100, Cameron Simpson wrote:
> Histbackup is here:
>
> https://bitbucket.org/cameron_simpson/css/src/tip/bin/histbackup
>
> There are plenty of other similar tools.
I use rsnapshot, which seems quite similar. Any thoughts on pros/cons
versus histbackup?
poc
Thanks !
On Tue, Dec 24, 2019, 16:56 Cameron Simpson wrote:
> Oh yes, one more thing. If you do the RAID1 thing: either make a shiny
> new RAID1 and copy to it, or practice the transition with test drives.
> Do not risk your high value data by trying to "in place RAID1" it.
>
> Cheers,
>
Oh yes, one more thing. If you do the RAID1 thing: either make a shiny
new RAID1 and copy to it, or practice the transition with test drives.
Do not risk your high value data by trying to "in place RAID1" it.
Cheers,
Cameron Simpson
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On 24Dec2019 14:47, Javier Perez wrote:
I have my /home partition on a 2TB HDD drive about half full. Should be
doing regular backups but not in the habit.
What is better?
A. Purchase a second 2TB to create a Raid1 mirror or
B. Purchase a second 4TB drive for backup purposes.
If case B,
On Tue, Dec 24, 2019, 15:29 Patrick O'Callaghan
wrote:
> On Tue, 2019-12-24 at 14:47 -0500, Javier Perez wrote:
> > Hi
> > I have my /home partition on a 2TB HDD drive about half full. Should be
> > doing regular backups but not in the habit.
> >
> > What is better?
> > A. Purchase a second 2TB
On 12/24/19 11:47 AM, Javier Perez wrote:
I have my /home partition on a 2TB HDD drive about half full. Should
be doing regular backups but not in the habit.
What is better?
A. Purchase a second 2TB to create a Raid1 mirror or
B. Purchase a second 4TB drive for backup purposes.
That depends
On Tue, 2019-12-24 at 14:47 -0500, Javier Perez wrote:
> Hi
> I have my /home partition on a 2TB HDD drive about half full. Should be
> doing regular backups but not in the habit.
>
> What is better?
> A. Purchase a second 2TB to create a Raid1 mirror or
> B. Purchase a second 4TB drive for
Hi
I have my /home partition on a 2TB HDD drive about half full. Should be
doing regular backups but not in the habit.
What is better?
A. Purchase a second 2TB to create a Raid1 mirror or
B. Purchase a second 4TB drive for backup purposes.
If case B, should I get a USB3.0 adapter or similar so
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