From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A5358138977 for ; Mon, 27 Oct 2014 15:16:39 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 35D2DE09E1; Mon, 27 Oct 2014 15:16:34 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-wg0-f49.google.com (mail-wg0-f49.google.com [74.125.82.49]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id E1A99E09CD for ; Mon, 27 Oct 2014 15:16:32 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-wg0-f49.google.com with SMTP id x13so2186184wgg.8 for ; Mon, 27 Oct 2014 08:16:31 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=from:reply-to:to:subject:date:user-agent:references:in-reply-to :mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:message-id; bh=bc+ZCHgM+u8gYMA/l2Kv1POqJs43CuTbFZZPX1ZpZFw=; b=qHa4XWE+UBacCO5aNnoW9KC+uY/ChUUjIKhsGRRrP+evVkczJbRegiorI0sP0g7UBQ IY9SQXzjnKhdmmWQIG5GlOZdZ5l51qHPsXPIbuCXQzV+s4T7uCpHkharj9dHhR6ab1IE FOs9c5nuQfVFRHeqYnNCXbkAsNRLlIQaA22vq8tyYK6fMx0fYvgoaEKU5WpK6uvSZell Vvo747RJXIAFi6cX4IHMa0HWrMDrBhyoFw9cUtGYTkO0+iKRfF9I2ZwohTjZkQr03i23 ZsLIzP2S4+D5M0n0lXy5VWBa+QENlfXRRxIha89dOHTgb/z+1oQjry4UhO5kIWX6tYQ4 KRUA== X-Received: by 10.180.79.228 with SMTP id m4mr21584132wix.26.1414422991507; Mon, 27 Oct 2014 08:16:31 -0700 (PDT) Received: from dell_xps.localnet (230.3.169.217.in-addr.arpa. [217.169.3.230]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPSA id dw9sm12226969wib.0.2014.10.27.08.16.30 for (version=TLSv1 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA bits=128/128); Mon, 27 Oct 2014 08:16:30 -0700 (PDT) From: Mick To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Safeguarding strategies against SSD data loss Date: Mon, 27 Oct 2014 15:16:29 +0000 User-Agent: KMail/1.13.7 (Linux/3.16.5-gentoo; KDE/4.12.5; x86_64; ; ) References: <201410270924.40381.michaelkintzios@gmail.com> <20141027122758.GB1022@ca.inter.net> In-Reply-To: <20141027122758.GB1022@ca.inter.net> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; boundary="nextPart2588393.Tg9myU83iH"; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; micalg=pgp-sha256 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <201410271516.30449.michaelkintzios@gmail.com> X-Archives-Salt: f9696791-5253-47da-92ff-d76073e6fedb X-Archives-Hash: 7078b8abcd009146906e40adc8848f5f --nextPart2588393.Tg9myU83iH Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Monday 27 Oct 2014 12:27:58 Philip Webb wrote: > 141027 Mick wrote: > > On Sunday 26 Oct 2014 23:25:50 Volker Armin Hemmann wrote: > >> With a caveat: if an ssd dies, it will die suddenly. Without a warning. > >=20 > > I haven't yet started using SSD and wonder what sort of a system > > should I set up to guard against such instantaneous catastrophic > > failures. >=20 > My desktop machine is now 2 yrs old & has an SSD for immediate stuff ; > it also has an HHD with 500 GB available. > Files I'm working on are backed daily to HHD & to USB stick ; > once/week I use a script in Krusader to copy everything in ~ or /etc > which has changed during that week onto HHD & USB > & also to an off-site system I have I/net access to ; > I also run a simple Bash script to rsync system files to an HHD copy. > Every 9 mth I do a full back-up of everything in ~ or /etc , > of which I keep at least 1 copy off-site & another on CD (in future DVD) > for when the Earth's poles change & everything magnetic is wiped out > (grin). >=20 > 2 belts + 3 braces : HTH. I have never been that diligent with my back ups, unless we're talking abou= t=20 critical data which I will save in two separate systems/media from the star= t. =20 Otherwise, I run a back up of the whole system every 3 months or so. Perhaps with an SSD I will do this once a month. =2D-=20 Regards, Mick --nextPart2588393.Tg9myU83iH Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Description: This is a digitally signed message part. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2 iQEcBAABCAAGBQJUTmHOAAoJELAdA+zwE4YeN+gIAMCo8Wmnr6iNL7lkELDtnXjz ZWCGsUpTZjhChI0Jp7odGXWnTTd2BfbKEL1LLOvTKDNXo0qINFRq0kXh2hHvEKUv aRBuAeEooDi8MQZbLdnwM1N6cc51RNHFitCEU+WmL7B9jfGp2y3rAubz8cVR6QCs kd8G8rLHX4NB6iSgPcfE+5IdfkWz2mGtZxss31IIpNaby5UrDuPyK3sZMrvpF8YO cdyIbSzCtJFgWiWMXNrkM8Qb24dluXnOjYUQLgTWpYrkTSCdI2mfy0NVjb7mN4Va 2Nn0Ou1zzjQBTJHa4YFbhpB+I1FhEMZCwLPJoc5XAyxGB4i9JsdupJkWEYcLqVg= =SncJ -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --nextPart2588393.Tg9myU83iH--