On Fri, Feb 5, 2021 at 12:34 PM <backu...@kosowsky.org> wrote: > G.W. Haywood via BackupPC-users wrote at about 14:44:57 +0000 on Friday, > February 5, 2021: > > Hi there, > > > > On Fri, 5 Feb 2021 Les Mikesell wrote: > > > > > > On Thu, Feb 4, 2021 at 11:05 PM <backu...@kosowsky.org> wrote: > > > > > > > ... Snapshots have also saved me when I have run across the > occasional > > > > backuppc gremlin of disappearing files in that I can find the cpool > > > > file and revert it from past snapshots. > > > > > > Are you sure that the disappearing files aren't a quirk of btrfs in > > > the first place? > > > > > :):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):) > > > > Seriously, I've never seen a BackupPC file "disappear" - but are we not > > in danger of missing the point that the OP is planning that this drive > > will use a USB interface? > > > > Be *very* careful with any 'modern' filesystem if you use a USB > interface. > > I've seen filesystems trashed by USB communication failures, and the > more > > 'modern' the filesystem, the more irretrievable seems to be the failure. > > > > My advice would be don't do that, unless you're comfortable with trashed > > filesystems and it won't matter to you very much when it happens. > > So what filesystem is safest to run over USB? >
Is there any reason not to choose ZFS? Even without redundancy, you'll at least know if it's corrupted.
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