"Noah O'Donoghue" <[email protected]> writes: > After reading about bitrot and feeling guilty for storing my most valuable > data on cheap drives (although with backups!) I've been thinking about > moving to something more resilient. > > My current setup is a Ubuntu laptop, with 2 external drives. > > 1X 2TB ext4 for data storage > 1X 3TB ext4 for backup (using Crashplan commercial backup software).
IME USB caddies do not pass SMART through to the drive. Get eSATA and run a short self test once a month (and check the results), so you know when a drive is dying. _______________________________________________ luv-main mailing list [email protected] http://lists.luv.asn.au/listinfo/luv-main
