Data Backup

md · **Posted:** Mon Apr 02, 2007 12:57 pm

Ok; so as everyone who lurks on IRC knows I have a rediculous amount of storage. The problem is that currently it's all in a raid formated with XFS. For you windows users that would be a linux/unix file system.

My problem is that XFS seems to be slowly corrupting files, and in such a manner that there is almost no way to tell that it's happening without opening every file (there are too many to do that). My solution is just to delete/replace corrupted files as I find them, but that still leaves XFS corrupting my files.

Now then... what I'd like to do is convert the filesystem to ReiserFS, which has never caused me any troubles at all. That means that I need to backup all my data elsewhere first; specifically I need to backuo 710GB of data. Currently I don't have a dvd burner but I am strongly inclined to invest in one if that's what it takes to backup everything.

Can anyone else think of a good way of backing things up? Preferably without spending oodles of money Razz

haskell · **Posted:** Mon Apr 02, 2007 1:29 pm

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Clayton · **Posted:** Mon Apr 02, 2007 2:38 pm

For 710GB of data? That's ridiculous Confused

I told you this would come back and bite you in the ass one day md Razz

A DVD burner is about the only thing I can think of right now (at least for that amount of data).

md · **Posted:** Mon Apr 02, 2007 3:16 pm

I wonder if there is a way of shrinking linux software raids... because I would prefer not to buy ~180 DVDs and a dvd burner solely to back things up.

Drakain Zeil · **Posted:** Mon Apr 02, 2007 3:27 pm

portable 100+gb hd
transfer to another hd/computer(over ethernet).

md · **Posted:** Mon Apr 02, 2007 3:50 pm

Drakain Zeil @ 2007-04-02, 3:27 pm wrote:

portable 100+gb hd
transfer to another hd/computer(over ethernet).

See 100GB is not even close to what I need to backup Wink

I have a solution though... I think. Deleted 100GB of movies that were crap and now if I buy another 320 drive I *should* be able to manage some combination of failing drives in my raid and copying that'll allow me to back everything up... I hope.

Clayton · **Posted:** Mon Apr 02, 2007 4:35 pm

md wrote:

if I buy another 320 drive I *should* be able to manage some combination of failing drives in my raid and copying that'll allow me to back everything up... I hope.

You like failing drives? You sir, have a strange taste in computer hardware.

md · **Posted:** Mon Apr 02, 2007 4:47 pm

By fail I mean flag it as failed in the RAID5, which means I can remove it and use it for something else; although that does mean my RAID5 will be dangerously close to complete collapse.

Clayton · **Posted:** Mon Apr 02, 2007 4:49 pm

yes.... I uh.... there's uh... no excuse... I'll just go sulk in the corner now

klopyrev · **Posted:** Mon Apr 02, 2007 5:13 pm

Forgive me for interupting your conversation, but what exactly do you need so much harddrive space for?

Clayton · **Posted:** Mon Apr 02, 2007 6:07 pm

Music, Video, documents personal stuff, etc.

Mazer · **Posted:** Mon Apr 02, 2007 7:36 pm

Video editing can take up crazy huge amounts of space.

TheFerret · **Posted:** Mon Apr 02, 2007 8:33 pm

Your best way would be to resize you raid down to the smallest size it can go then create the new partition then move some data over, and repeat resizing the partition smaller and smaller until its done...

md · **Posted:** Mon Apr 02, 2007 11:05 pm

XFS cannot be shunk; another reason I am moving away from it.

Mostly I use my storage for media; music is near 100GB, movies is about 200, TV shows are another 300. Documents, in progress downloads, projects, and pictures make up the other 100GB.

Mazer · **Posted:** Tue Apr 03, 2007 11:12 am

Why did you pick XFS in the first place? I don't know anything about it, and I hardly know anything about ext3 or reiserFS either, I'm just curious. Does it have any advantages?

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