* [gentoo-user] Safeguarding strategies against SSD data loss
@ 2014-10-27 9:24 99% Mick
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From: Mick @ 2014-10-27 9:24 UTC (permalink / raw
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I'm starting a new thread so as to not hijack the one about alternative
kernels, but continue with something Volker raised.
On Sunday 26 Oct 2014 23:25:50 Volker Armin Hemmann wrote:
> as others have written already: ssd.
>
> With a caveat: if an ssd dies, it will die suddenly. Without a warning.
> Usually 5 minutes before the start of your weekly or monthly backup run.
> And that is first hand experience.
I haven't yet started using SSD and have wondered what sort of a system should
I set up to guard against such instantaneous catastrophic failures. I am
interested to hear what strategies people deploy to avoid data loss with SSDs,
especially on laptops that don't have the luxury of raid redundancy.
With spinning drives I use tar and rsync at regular intervals. There have
been a few rare cases where a drive failed without prior notice - the last one
after a reboot. In such cases I am prepared to live with the risk of some
data loss, on machines where raid is not an option.
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Regards,
Mick
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