On Fri, Aug 08, 2014 at 11:35:32AM +0200, B. M. wrote: > Hi all, > > While I'm waiting for the components of my new machine (testing/jessie) > I'm thinking about the optimal way of archiving my photographs. Since btrfs > comes with integrated checksumming and RAID1 support, it seems as being the > top choice for this use case. > > The only reason why I'm still hesitating a bit is its experimental state - the > combination of using an experimental file system for a long-term backup > doesn't seem to be crystal clear :-)
In that case, consider a more "tried and tested" user-space solution. par2 allows you to create parity files for a set of files. If any of the files become corrupted, the parity files can be used to reconstruct the original data. > > Do you have any good or bad experience you can share with me or any > interesting thoughts and inputs? > > Thanks and all the best. > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org > Archive: https://lists.debian.org/1b6ac31e-b844-4069-b374-9966aea7c...@gmx.ch >
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