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Neil Bothwick wrote: |
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> On Sat, 26 Aug 2006 08:49:23 +0800 (CST), Stephen Liu wrote: |
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>> I'm searching a tool/method whenever I save a file on /home/user a |
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>> duplicate copy will be saved automatically on |
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>> /mnt/point/of/usb_enclosure/home/user simultaneously, similar to |
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>> replication/mirroring. Thus the USB enclosure can be used as a mobile |
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>> storage device and can be plugged in on any Linux PC. |
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> You could set up a RAID-1 array on the two devices. Auto-detect RAID |
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> information is saved at the end of the device, so it can still be used as |
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> a standalone drive/partition when connected to something else. One |
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> advantage of RAID is that if you run with the device disconnected and |
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> then connect it, the RAID will be updated in the background. |
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Yes, but syncing takes a lot time and should be observeved not to |
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interrupt while in progress. You will need a script to notify you that |
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syncing is done othewise you have a corrupt device. |
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What about a perl script that just copies all files in /home/user to the |
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device once it is plugged in? |
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Robert |
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