rgro wrote: > Hi, > > Not sure if this is the right place to post this, but I'll start here. > I'm totally new to the Pi/Linux world with no code or programming > experience. Nonetheless, thanks in great part to the excellent > piCorePlayer "how to", I've just managed to get an RPI4 up and running > with LMS as my new music server---replacing a microjukebox/vortexbox > from Small Green Computer. I also have two RPI4 Pi's operating solely > as Squeezelite players which are now happily connected to the LMS server > and all is running just fine. > > So, on the Pi/LMS server, I have a 1tb SSD connected to one of the USB > ports. That SSD was formatted, per the instructions, as EXT4 and I then > transferred all of my music files from the spinning hard drive in the > microjukebox to the SSD over my home network (bit of a lengthy > process!). > > Now, I would like to be able to easily make backups. I have a couple of > 1tb Western Digital external MyPassport USB hard drives laying around > and figured to use one of those to backup the SSD. So, I have a couple > questions for the experts here: > > 1. To start, what is the fastest/best way to backup the entire SSD > contents to the MyPassport? Do I need to reformat the MyPassport to > EXT4, first? > > 2. After that's done, I would like to be able to easily back up just > the changed or newly added music files from the SSD to the HD. I'm > planning to leave the Pi/LMS server on 24/7 and my preference is not to > leave the HD powered on 24/7, too. I'd like to be able to just plug the > HD into the second USB port of the Pi (without having to turn the Pi off > and on again) and have it run some sort of automated process to back up > the new/changed files from the SSD, but don't know if that's possible > and, if so, how to make that happen. > > Alternative #1: it'd also be workable to plug the MyPassport HD into my > Windows computer and, somehow (no idea how) have my Windows computer > find the SSD on the Pi and then back up new/changed files over the > network to the MyPassport HD that is plugged into my Windows computer. > > Alternative #2: people much cleverer than I, no doubt, have already > figured out an even better way to do all this. If so, please give this > very low-tech newbie, a step-by-step how to. I'm pretty good at > following directions and I do know how to open a Putty session. > > Thanks in advance for any assistance!
I assume that you have a fairly decent library with a lot of files. The key to successful backup is to have at least two, one of which should be offsite if it can be arranged and Id avoid using Windows in any part of it if I were you. IMHO the best hardware and tools are provided by NAS devices as thats what they are designed to do. I have 3 x NAS, 2 of which are at least 5 years old. My Production and Dev LMS servers use one of them as their file store mounted in the same way on both via NFS. This NAS is the master copy. I rip CDs from dbPoweramp directly to it and all changes and edits are done here. I have a second NAS at a remote location via site to site VPN and every night I use the inbuilt sync tool to replicate any changes from the master to the offsite slave. At this location I also run a pCP LMS with the NAS mounted identically (means the playlists still work). Because I run an instance of LMS its very easy to check that the backup is working. A quick glance at New Music on this LMS is usually all that is required. I have a third very old NAS on site and once a week I replicate changes from the master to this 3rd NAS again using the inbuilt sync tools. Personally I dont see any point in wasting an SSD for file storage. I run my OS and LMS on an SSD but file storage is still on spinning disks - but then none of my NAS are anywhere that mechanical sound can be heard. VB2.4[/B] STORAGE *QNAP TS419P (NFS) [B]Living Room* - Joggler & SB3 -> Onkyo TXNR686 -> Celestion F20s *Office* - Joggler & Pi3 -> Denon RCD N8 -> Celestion F10s *Dining Room* -> SB Boom *Kitchen* -> UE Radio (upgraded to SB Radio) *Bedroom (Bedside)* - Pi Zero+DAC ->ToppingTP21 ->AKG Headphones *Bedroom (TV) & Bathroom* - SB Touch ->Denon AVR ->Mordaunt Short M10s + Pioneer ceiling speakers *Guest Room* - Joggler > Topping Amp -> Wharfedale Modus Cubes Everything controlled by iPeng & Material on iOS ------------------------------------------------------------------------ d6jg's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=44051 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=113561
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