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On 06/24/2014 09:52 PM, Rich Freeman wrote: |
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> Don't ignore the potential for logical errors. If you have some script |
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> that magically rsyncs stuff then don't make the mistake of moving data |
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> over and rsyncing the old copy over the new, or mounting the devices |
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> in a manner that isn't robust when udev changes all your device |
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> labels, and so on. That seems like the most likely way your data is |
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> going to get scrambled, unless you have them both in your car and end |
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> up in a crash. That was one of the reasons I went with btrfs for my |
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> offline copy. |
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cunning, i like it. |
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i like it so much i think i will do this myself |
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> If it unmounts, then I know I have two copies of everything. If it |
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> mounts, I know it found both mirrors. If I scrub and there are no |
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> errors, then I know both copies are good. You can do that in other |
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> ways, but make sure you actually catch the failure modes. Rich |
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