From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 687D01382C5 for ; Tue, 16 Jun 2020 08:29:37 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 18D5DE0DE7; Tue, 16 Jun 2020 08:29:32 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail.digimed.co.uk (mail.digimed.co.uk [82.69.83.178]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 98B0BE0D3C for ; Tue, 16 Jun 2020 08:29:31 +0000 (UTC) Received: from digimed.co.uk (fenchurch.digimed.co.uk [192.168.1.6]) by mail.digimed.co.uk (Postfix) with ESMTPA id 5073968F26 for ; Tue, 16 Jun 2020 09:29:29 +0100 (BST) Date: Tue, 16 Jun 2020 09:29:24 +0100 From: Neil Bothwick To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Testing a used hard drive to make SURE it is good. Message-ID: <20200616092924.21ead166@digimed.co.uk> In-Reply-To: References: <6d77acb3-5754-06cb-b8ef-2f1a5d7d8084@gmail.com> Organization: Digital Media Production X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.17.5 (GTK+ 2.24.32; x86_64-pc-linux-gnu) X-GPG-Fingerprint: 7260 0F33 97EC 2F1E 7667 FE37 BA6E 1A97 4375 1903 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 X-Auto-Response-Suppress: DR, RN, NRN, OOF, AutoReply MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; boundary="Sig_/pY9MJB+izJhj0nFx.98rUPD"; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; micalg=pgp-sha256 X-Archives-Salt: 59c19c88-572d-44ab-b4e8-51f2c57a5c19 X-Archives-Hash: cffd64bdd9d2d32d1c6eed37edcb4efc --Sig_/pY9MJB+izJhj0nFx.98rUPD Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Tue, 16 Jun 2020 02:34:55 -0500, Dale wrote: > Even if I build a NAS setup, I still need a backup arrangement.=C2=A0 Eve= n if > I have a RAID setup, still need backups.=C2=A0 It gets complicated for su= re.=C2=A0 > Sort of expensive too.=C2=A0 Just imagine if my DSL was 10 times faster.= =C2=A0 > O_O=C2=A0 I'd need to order drives by the case. Not necessarily, if the files are going to remain available online, you only need to back up the URLs. Downloading again could well be faster than restoring from backups.=20 --=20 Neil Bothwick Always proofread carefully to see if you any words out. --Sig_/pY9MJB+izJhj0nFx.98rUPD Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Description: OpenPGP digital signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iQIzBAEBCAAdFiEE8k9T/rX16EJxEKG692eFu0QSMJgFAl7oguQACgkQ92eFu0QS MJgjgA//dBgOim8YRI2WM+HdjlgC1V9n0mxc+Lj+w+9JWB1gv+5XWAP0l/Eq1w63 rwkW43ytuEj8VTYgPSJ9G7e36DR8g8ZV5NqMxk6v7cIlAJKwwt5p4bh9J+w0qy9+ I6R78cHT0Vq9zrjnIde9LNmYff2L+5OhqLYQE2lId0+q/433o0HaQrx/jxDng5d2 dVKzGx7CYFjbwxYhTIOY19mypZyJ2kMusCyToTabn8lYarqL/TJ0EeBndxE/QX1b TZXDvEpnrBwxIrfGXKDXngN9RIbOs3bk0X5fiHKjWjMi22fr3NhYsYQsD4amWtE+ Z+MG8L44Gyj8dg7Kt1vyrwbb6/0MCFbSZo4WbZeVHnFWUgw8yg0hEEEm0j+49kC8 IdnafOr1gYCKK9xVk4WGebR6UfsVFHfjzaDoWKD2rd4CX02IlPjfU9lSJAOx83H3 zXoJ2ddene54l9twrk3sxg1zxJswBsNGhiZwG7E0lZx20iJd9VG2Ff3yxKy2dQEu X8vtejj8VrznCdPe18tl6CMnR0I2s31aSCzEqsJzf65odgZo6DZd1ZR/Xupl2yEE HGSBkXC0oaWYjEF1809ylBDLwV8K+K8AcyqM+3+YA1lrJRaKrfI7rVEiFMD+sbHO 9Ow50YvP3oRThDmqGbP2vtttfWSU6CGvrjFDatFL8x8yk5eRbm4= =Ssvw -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --Sig_/pY9MJB+izJhj0nFx.98rUPD--