Re: Is My Data DESTROYED?!

[Thomas Fjellstrom <tfjellstrom@shaw.ca>]

On Mon October 26 2009, Eyal Lebedinsky wrote:
> Guy,
> 
> I use a hot-swap sata enclosure for my disk backup. Mine is installed in
> one 5.25" slot, elsewhere I have used an external esata version of the
> same thing. Cheap and gives me the full native speed of the disk.

I have one of those 4-in-3 bay converters, 4 hotswap 3.5" bays, in 3 5.25" 
bays. Really rather nice. Probably get another one later.

> cheers
> 	Eyal
> 
> Guy Watkins wrote:
> > } -----Original Message-----
> > } From: linux-raid-owner@vger.kernel.org [mailto:linux-raid-
> > } owner@vger.kernel.org] On Behalf Of Leslie Rhorer
> > } Sent: Sunday, October 25, 2009 9:36 PM
> > } To: linux-raid@vger.kernel.org
> > } Subject: RE: Is My Data DESTROYED?!
> > }
> > } > Cool, I learned something.  Thanks.
> > } >
> > } > I use disks too.  Could "seek" using dd, but I also gzip my stuff and
> > } use
> > } > cpio.  :(  Anyway, I almost never need to restore a file.  :)
> > }
> > } 	I rather like fbackup combined with gzip, but I don't know if there
> > } is a Linux port of fbackup.  I use fbackup to create a named index for
> > } each
> > } backup set, whether on disk or tape.  This makes it easy to see if a
> > } particular file is on an archive without having to load the archive.
> > }
> >
> > Where do you keep this index?  Hopefully not on the disk that needs to be
> > restored.  :)
> >
> > I thought about it, for my needs I don't need an index.  You don't need
> > an index for a full restore and I only need to restore once every few
> > years. And so far, never needed a full restore, just a file or so.  I can
> > live with a few hours to restore 1 file.  But I really need a faster
> > backup.  My 500GB USB disks gives me about 15 MB/sec.  I don't know why
> > it is so slow.  Should be able to do 40+.
> >
> > Oh, I did have a 22 tape library with a DLT-8000.  But it failed a few
> > years ago.  Was really cool, but took forever to backup 300-400GB.  I
> > guess my USB disk is about the same speed, and it takes forever too.
> 


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Thomas Fjellstrom
tfjellstrom@shaw.ca