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On 16/06/20 08:34, Dale wrote: |
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> Right now, I'm backing up to a 8TB external drive, sadly it is a SMR |
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> drive but it works. As I go along, I'll be breaking down my backups. |
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> Example. I may have my Documents directory, which includes my camera |
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> pics, backed up to one drive. I may have videos backed up to another |
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> drive. Other directories may have to be on other drives. The biggest |
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> things I don't want to lose: Camera pics that could not be replaced |
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> except with a backup. Videos, some of which are no longer available. |
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> That requires a large drive. It currently is approaching 6TBs and I |
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> have several videos in other locations that are not included in that. |
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> Documents which would be hard to recreate. Since I have all my emails |
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> locally, I don't want to lose those either. Just a bit ago, I was |
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> searching for posts regarding smartctl. I got quite a few hits. |
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Streaming to an SMR should be fine. Doing a cp to a new directory, or |
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writing a .tar file, or stuff like that. |
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What is NOT fine is anything that is likely to result in a lot of |
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head-seeking as files and directories get modified ... |
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Remember that when backing up - so a btrfs with snapshots, or an lvm |
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snapshot with rsync in place, is most definitely not a good idea with SMR. |
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Cheers, |
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Wol |
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