[email protected] (Trent W. Buck) writes: > "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.
Derp. I missed that it was a laptop. I guess for SMART your only option is to put the drives into a "real" computer (e.g. a NAS chassis) instead of just a bus adapter. I had a look at them recently and I couldn't find one I liked that could also be reflashed with a real distro, so I gave up. _______________________________________________ luv-main mailing list [email protected] http://lists.luv.asn.au/listinfo/luv-main
