Do you really need TB spaces? I use qemu+KVM and when I'm prototyping I spin up a VM and make a copy of it. Then if I decide I've made too many mistakes or whatever I delete the VM and copy the master template VM to a new one to play with.
Ted -----Original Message----- From: PLUG <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Keith Lofstrom Sent: Thursday, October 31, 2024 7:01 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [PLUG] fast SATA SSD copying appliance? I want a fast, reliable two-slot SATA3 "drive toaster" for 2.5 inch TB SSD drives. I am in work-fast-break-things-too-many-mistakes mode. Breaking installed distros on big SSD drives takes too long to debug/repair/restore/reinstall. I'd prefer a small pile of identical spares, and an easy way to create more. I can bit-copy a 1TB Samsung EVO SATA SSD drive from a laptop through a USB2 adapter over MANY hours. In theory, a full bandwidth 500MB/s drive-to-drive copy needs less than 40 minutes to move a terabyte. Amazon lists many "happy-family-mixed-vegetable-brand" dual bay drive docking stations, approximately $50 ... ... and all have a few bad reviews about defective copying and source drive corruption. Perhaps those are slanders injected by competitors. Example: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0759567JT I'd prefer to get my reviews from trustworthy friends, and if I squint a lot, all of you look like friends. What desktop drive-copy appliance do you suggest? Keith L. P.S. In theory, for current tasks I only need to move a fraction of the formatted drive capacity, but I don't expect any "toaster-tool" to know enough about current and future Linux file systems. -- Keith Lofstrom [email protected]
