From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([208.92.234.80] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1NBVxQ-0008LF-38 for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:03:36 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 0B663E09CB; Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:03:08 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-px0-f172.google.com (mail-px0-f172.google.com [209.85.216.172]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D0D0FE09CB for ; Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:03:07 +0000 (UTC) Received: by pxi2 with SMTP id 2so2591091pxi.11 for ; Fri, 20 Nov 2009 08:03:07 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:in-reply-to:references :date:message-id:subject:from:to:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; bh=ruogfVhgY/9yB31xYdTZM4TmcFiMxKuJWNQOo/uIyn8=; b=skLGWW+9UbPy8hIasyLnXDVyypAhJety4u/fRGZTpnFDG1dXbWFutafSM0+z95ttmk zZs2t6r7z1/fndARs1AOIpunwr44Lq9z9qPFeaCGZ8JLckdnrEK7MmSxuWWyAcCK2uPy HjhrsjGJO0tpFfKkOoCiRVHpa0hr8OCObL6WI= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=GXCiP6NsfL1MH5x1gYPWUXQDGHZulTfQC76EdOX01e6txbH3w7SDj1MLh+xUJ4uu+X 8NPYV+w1toxwN92nn1QnGtYqdvEIKBEmqDIK8w7fekFBbw7EwGJ83cKLMSPo7Ct8yL9Y gEsRj5LypruIZxr2BDL3TAm7WXefJgAk5h0ac= 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 Received: by 10.114.33.30 with SMTP id g30mr2092634wag.214.1258732987319; Fri, 20 Nov 2009 08:03:07 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <1258654707.169135.57.camel@centar> References: <49bf44f10911190844i5cb77185me60d5eb44ff2bfc7@mail.gmail.com> <1258653500.169135.45.camel@centar> <1258654707.169135.57.camel@centar> Date: Fri, 20 Nov 2009 08:03:07 -0800 Message-ID: <49bf44f10911200803p6b0f4190gaa03df33d7751e0f@mail.gmail.com> Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] rsync backup system From: Grant To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Archives-Salt: c7efe53a-ef5c-49ef-b348-37a95b4def6c X-Archives-Hash: 4e79cf1edeba99e8adca86b77ca4de71 >> > 4. Should I be comfortable running the entire sync operation every >> > night, or am I jeopardizing the longevity of my HDs? >> > >> This is a joke. > > I should apologize and explain this better. > > If you bought a fancy expensive hard drive then it's probably designed > for extremely heavy use and comes with nice coverage by the guy that > sold it to you. =A0But since you ask this question I'll assume that it's > not the case. > > Ok so you bought a relatively cheap heard drive. =A0But the question seem= s > irrelevant. =A0Because these are cheap, mass-produced hard drives you > could do absolutely nothing with them and they could still die tomorrow. > That's the price you pay for cheaper drives. =A0Cheap hard drives are lik= e > life. =A0Life is cheap. =A0You could take all kinds of precautions and st= ill > die tomorrow. =A0But your drive is cheap and easily replaced (esp. if it'= s > still under warranty). =A0Your data on the other hand is not. =A0I'd rath= er > have a dead drive with the data backed up than a dead drive with no > backup. =A0Drives are so cheap nowadays it's a non-issue. =A0I'm actually > hoping my 2-year old drive dies soon because it will give me an excuse > to go out and buy a *bigger* one for the same price. =A0 But I feel > comfortable with that because I keep backups. Thank you for the clarification. Which are the "fancy expensive" hard driv= es? - Grant