Another option is to use ZFS, which provides end-to-end data integrity checking. There are two current Linux offerings. Zfs-fuse is a little slow, but definately Usable. Zfs-on-linux is newer but progressing fast toward production ready
Charles Curley <[email protected]> wrote: >On Tue, 29 Mar 2011 12:01:49 +0100 >Chris Lee <[email protected]> wrote: > >> I was just thinking about my virtual tapes and the chances of a >> failed sector or two going un-noticed until I needed to restore my >> data. > >Modern hard drives handle bad sectors for you transparently. They swap >in a spare sector, without notifying you. The only way you will see a >report is if the hard drive runs out of spare sectors. If you see a bad >sector report, you have worse problems than a bad backup. Go buy a >replacement drive immediately. > >If you are concerned about the reliability of your hard drives, look >into smartmontools. It uses the drive's firmware to test and collect >data. Unfortunately sometimes the reports can be rather cryptic to the >non-hard-drive-literate. > >-- > >Charles Curley /"\ ASCII Ribbon Campaign >Looking for fine software \ / Respect for open standards >and/or writing? X No HTML/RTF in email >http://www.charlescurley.com / \ No M$ Word docs in email > >Key fingerprint = CE5C 6645 A45A 64E4 94C0 809C FFF6 4C48 4ECD DFDB
