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The solution is generally to not be doing full duplicative backups but to check hashes between already backed up files and new files, only backing up what you n
by devwastaken 6y ago
The solution is generally to not be doing full duplicative backups but to check hashes between already backed up files and new files, only backing up what you need.
I don't recommend backing up to HDD's. They are prone to early failure from portable use because of vibration and drops.
What we need are more affordable sata SSD's. Currently nvme SSD's are very close to the same price.
If you could sell a 1TB portable usb 3/usb c backup device that comes with good software the vast majority of people would be set.
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- wtallis 6y ago> I don't recommend backing up to HDD's. They are prone to early failure from portable use because of vibration and drops. Your backup device should stay at home, on the desk or in the closet where you hide your networking equipment. There's very little benefit to trying to carry around your backup device with your laptop on a regular basis, and if you do, you still need another backup device that isn't going to get stolen at the same time as your laptop.
- ksec 6y ago>affordable sata SSD This. Even 100MB/s SSD will do. We need a type of NAND and SSD that offers High Capacity and low speed and low cost. The Current 2TB is ~$170, compared to a 2TB Portable HDD at ~$60. And I am wondering, if Silent File Corruption, bitrot etc are things of the past on SSD? Does BTRFS / ZFS even make sense on SSD? [1] https://www.amazon.com/Green-1TB-Internal-SSD-WDS100T2G0A/dp/B07NNRTTCM?ref_=ast_sto_dp https://www.amazon.com/Green-1TB-Internal-SSD-WDS100T2G0A/dp...
- Ekaros 6y agoSSD and flash storage can have their own issues. For long term unpowered storage there might be issues with data retention. Not so much with magnetic media. And with bad drivers there is risk of ruining parts of disk by writing too many times...