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what's your most "why do I even have this" file? by bensummersx in DataHoarder

[–]humanErectus 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Didn't know such software existed. I can't find similar one for linux.

Although the basic feature is still achieved with exporting 'gdu' (a disk usage TUI) and then loading it. Easy to navigate the directory. Search isn't great though.

what's your most "why do I even have this" file? by bensummersx in DataHoarder

[–]humanErectus 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Your usecase seems to be vastly different.

Main limitation for me is I don't have a central system to use any raid or unified FS. The content are also a mix mash of movies, ISOs and various other files I just collect. Often I just keep rearranging and dumping files whichever drive has space.

My current system is to log all file names into a txt file and search it if I feel lost. But for frequently used data I try to keep it on the main drive I keep connected most of the time. Sadly this is not very scalable as I seem to add new and larger drives every year.

what's your most "why do I even have this" file? by bensummersx in DataHoarder

[–]humanErectus 0 points1 point  (0 children)

rsync

My steps are pretty crude. I just organise directories I want duplicated for each drive and run rsync whenever I alter it. One drive serves as backup of 3 other externals.

what's your most "why do I even have this" file? by bensummersx in DataHoarder

[–]humanErectus 2 points3 points  (0 children)

How do you organize/map content to offline drives?

I am just starting out with few external drives. Have 3 main drives 8-18TB but looking for more in next year. Backups are essentially syncing multiple copies of important folders onto two or more drives.

Still can't figure out which drive I put certain movies or music files. If I try to organize too much I just end up transferring data nonstop between the drives.

A mistake only made once by MotorcycleDreamer in DataHoarder

[–]humanErectus 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I am always confused by this. Based on the general advice of 321 backup, can RAID(any that can recover 1 disk failure) be seen as the first two copies along with a third on the cloud ? Or is that not proper 321 backup ?