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 ACB6213800E for ; Mon, 6 Aug 2012 10:27:39 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 414D0E0772; Mon, 6 Aug 2012 10:27:20 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-yw0-f53.google.com (mail-yw0-f53.google.com [209.85.213.53]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5C664E0752 for ; Mon, 6 Aug 2012 10:25:03 +0000 (UTC) Received: by yhp3 with SMTP id 3so933376yhp.40 for ; Mon, 06 Aug 2012 03:25:02 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=message-id:date:from:user-agent:mime-version:to:subject:references :in-reply-to:x-enigmail-version:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; bh=et4W36BMXmUc8JfScofW2VzlqcgQh6ACvOuQQtlYd5I=; b=VXRL7OaP8whJAqMuawtBG54ariDtdjkJaq2Ds64P94ivoB5Ym8NPH9RssDW3D8UFIP Bs5sxCibtBAibtxknbyZF0xBOm9aCJXIX5euMvh1tIt1F6ZB3wt25jUYx6tNcIjPo9JP TwzYa+z4sZ4i0mM18yhG+coD+MAZTvSl/LQEdzqB9ssxU1oANoL+xJ2Lv6v2u9D3WEJ1 A7rsN0/6in2vzGarlnCHcJcKkhUJkxoPG2MJZCjyYd4yF9g6y89qbKTI4WrVZiRu+DYr kSCeeJ5kguyrCMhAK7JQfqxsdOkNsWvxGP6zCusBmhsXZ3Ubn2tLZ6QANzvjDhw7KoMU pHzA== Received: by 10.236.130.240 with SMTP id k76mr9479684yhi.20.1344248702826; Mon, 06 Aug 2012 03:25:02 -0700 (PDT) Received: from [192.168.2.5] (adsl-65-0-116-140.jan.bellsouth.net. [65.0.116.140]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id y66sm30979494yhi.10.2012.08.06.03.25.01 (version=SSLv3 cipher=OTHER); Mon, 06 Aug 2012 03:25:02 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <501F9B7C.2030202@gmail.com> Date: Mon, 06 Aug 2012 05:25:00 -0500 From: Dale User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:14.0) Gecko/20120717 Firefox/14.0.1 SeaMonkey/2.11 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 To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Want to seriously test a NEW hard drive References: <501E6AFA.4000205@gmail.com> <501F9179.8000504@gmail.com> <201208061057.58051.michaelkintzios@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <201208061057.58051.michaelkintzios@gmail.com> X-Enigmail-Version: 1.4.3 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Archives-Salt: 13df3422-96d1-4ca6-aae7-afd8fddd6d16 X-Archives-Hash: c4a84bc6a14e0308ad916850989be15e Mick wrote: > On Monday 06 Aug 2012 10:42:17 Dale wrote: > >> If it has a issue, hopefully >> the test will bring that to the front now instead of later. > Or it is just going to knacker your drive and make it fail earlier that it > would otherwise (esp if you overheat it)? ha, ha! Well, if it is going to fail because of anything, including heat, I would rather it do so BEFORE I put my stuff on it. Right now, a backup is not possible other than a blue ray or something. Also, I have a Cooler Master case with the fan blowing right on the drives. If it gets hot and blows a fuse, it has a problem anyway. It may as well die early while under warranty. > >> P. S. What is a good way to back up something this large BESIDES >> another drive the same size or larger? I thought about getting a blue >> ray burner but even that will take a lot of media. Another drive is all >> I can think of myself. > Splitting it? > > Partimage would do that and so would star/tar for fs level backups. Split what? The drive into two partitions or something? If that is what you mean, if it dies, I'd still loose it all. If you meant two drives, well, I only have one on the way right now. It will be a while before I can get another. In the past, I just backed up stuff on DVDs. 3Tbs is a lot of DVDs tho. It won't take to long to fill that up either. I love my DSL. lol I hope to get another drive in the future tho. Just going to be a little while. ;-) Dale :-) :-) -- I am only responsible for what I said ... Not for what you understood or how you interpreted my words!