Re: [gentoo-user] Re: [OT] Is it still advisable to partition a big hard drive?

On Monday 05 Sep 2016 22:56:33 Hans wrote: > On 05/09/16 15:31, Mick wrote: > > On Monday 05 Sep 2016 10:42:34 Hans wrote: > >> On 01/09/16 16:04, gevisz wrote: > >>> I have bought an external 5TB Western Digital hard drive > >>> that I am going to use mainly for backing up some files > >>> in my

[gentoo-user] Re: [OT] Is it still advisable to partition a big hard drive?

On 05/09/16 15:31, Mick wrote: On Monday 05 Sep 2016 10:42:34 Hans wrote: On 01/09/16 16:04, gevisz wrote: I have bought an external 5TB Western Digital hard drive that I am going to use mainly for backing up some files in my home directory and carrying a very big files, for example a virtual

[gentoo-user] Re: [OT] Is it still advisable to partition a big hard drive?

On 05/09/16 17:22, gevisz wrote: 2016-09-05 3:42 GMT+03:00 Hans : On 01/09/16 16:04, gevisz wrote: I have bought an external 5TB Western Digital hard drive that I am going to use mainly for backing up some files in my home directory and carrying a very big files, for example

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: [OT] Is it still advisable to partition a big hard drive?

2016-09-05 3:42 GMT+03:00 Hans : > On 01/09/16 16:04, gevisz wrote: >> >> I have bought an external 5TB Western Digital hard drive >> that I am going to use mainly for backing up some files >> in my home directory and carrying a very big files, for >> example a virtual machine

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: [OT] Is it still advisable to partition a big hard drive?

On Monday 05 Sep 2016 10:42:34 Hans wrote: > On 01/09/16 16:04, gevisz wrote: > > I have bought an external 5TB Western Digital hard drive > > that I am going to use mainly for backing up some files > > in my home directory and carrying a very big files, for > > example a virtual machine image

[gentoo-user] Re: [OT] Is it still advisable to partition a big hard drive?

On 01/09/16 16:04, gevisz wrote: I have bought an external 5TB Western Digital hard drive that I am going to use mainly for backing up some files in my home directory and carrying a very big files, for example a virtual machine image file, from one computer to another. This hard drive is

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: [OT] Is it still advisable to partition a big hard drive?

Kai Krakow wrote: > Am Fri, 2 Sep 2016 17:42:13 -0500 > schrieb Dale : > >> Mick wrote: >>> On Thursday 01 Sep 2016 22:57:12 Kai Krakow wrote: >>> Regarding performance: I wish Linux had options to relocate files (not just defragment) back into logical

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: [OT] Is it still advisable to partition a big hard drive?

J. Roeleveld wrote: > On Friday, September 02, 2016 05:42:13 PM Dale wrote: >> Mick wrote: >>> On Thursday 01 Sep 2016 22:57:12 Kai Krakow wrote: Regarding performance: I wish Linux had options to relocate files (not just defragment) back into logical groups for nearby access.

[gentoo-user] Re: [OT] Is it still advisable to partition a big hard drive?

Am Fri, 2 Sep 2016 17:42:13 -0500 schrieb Dale : > Mick wrote: > > On Thursday 01 Sep 2016 22:57:12 Kai Krakow wrote: > > > >> Regarding performance: > >> > >> I wish Linux had options to relocate files (not just defragment) > >> back into logical groups for nearby access.

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: [OT] Is it still advisable to partition a big hard drive?

On Friday, September 02, 2016 05:42:13 PM Dale wrote: > Mick wrote: > > On Thursday 01 Sep 2016 22:57:12 Kai Krakow wrote: > >> Regarding performance: > >> > >> I wish Linux had options to relocate files (not just defragment) back > >> into logical groups for nearby access. Fragmentation is less

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: [OT] Is it still advisable to partition a big hard drive?

Mick wrote: > On Thursday 01 Sep 2016 22:57:12 Kai Krakow wrote: > >> Regarding performance: >> >> I wish Linux had options to relocate files (not just defragment) back >> into logical groups for nearby access. Fragmentation is less of a >> problem, the bigger problem is data block dislocation

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: [OT] Is it still advisable to partition a big hard drive?

On Thursday 01 Sep 2016 22:57:12 Kai Krakow wrote: > Regarding performance: > > I wish Linux had options to relocate files (not just defragment) back > into logical groups for nearby access. Fragmentation is less of a > problem, the bigger problem is data block dislocation over time due to >

[gentoo-user] Re: [OT] Is it still advisable to partition a big hard drive?

Am Fri, 2 Sep 2016 01:53:31 +0200 schrieb Alan McKinnon : > On 01/09/2016 10:49, gevisz wrote: > > 2016-09-01 10:30 GMT+03:00 Matthias Hanft : > >> gevisz wrote: > [...] > >> > >> If your filesystem becomes corrupt (and you are unable to > >> repair

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: [OT] Is it still advisable to partition a big hard drive?

On Thu, 1 Sep 2016 23:06:56 +0200, Kai Krakow wrote: > If you want to use it as a backup, and it's external (which it should > be), by all means: partition it. It acts as a protection layer against > silly OSes that may simply wipe data at the beginning (maybe by > accident) because there is no

[gentoo-user] Re: [OT] Is it still advisable to partition a big hard drive?

Am Thu, 1 Sep 2016 12:09:09 +0300 schrieb gevisz : > 2016-09-01 11:54 GMT+03:00 Neil Bothwick : > > On Thu, 1 Sep 2016 11:49:43 +0300, gevisz wrote: > > > [...] > >> > >> That is exactly what I am afraid of! > >> > >> So, the 20-years old rule of thumb

[gentoo-user] Re: [OT] Is it still advisable to partition a big hard drive?

Am Thu, 1 Sep 2016 09:03:17 +0100 schrieb Neil Bothwick : > On Thu, 1 Sep 2016 10:18:29 +0300, gevisz wrote: > > > > it will take about 5 seconds to partition it. > > > And a few more to mkfs it. > > > > Just to partition - may be, but I very much doubt > > that it will

[gentoo-user] Re: [OT] Is it still advisable to partition a big hard drive?

Am Thu, 1 Sep 2016 09:04:53 +0300 schrieb gevisz : > I have bought an external 5TB Western Digital hard drive > that I am going to use mainly for backing up some files > in my home directory and carrying a very big files, for > example a virtual machine image file, from one

[gentoo-user] Re: [OT] Is it still advisable to partition a big hard drive?

Am Thu, 1 Sep 2016 22:56:06 +0300 schrieb gevisz : > > Backups are annoying. > > Yes. :) No, try borgbackup with a cronjob. > > I don't do them as well as ideally I should > > Who does? :) I do. > Well, probably, one who just lost a lot of data because of not doing >