On Fri, Dec 6, 2024 at 2:44 PM George N. White III <gnwiii@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > On Fri, Dec 6, 2024 at 2:06 AM Robin Laing <mesat@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> >> >> Just about all the sites have pointed to running scrub under a cron >> script on a regular basis to help minimize issues and ensure integrity >> of the drive. I don't know what it does, just what I have read. > > > AI-fueled clickbait sites often dominate search results and multiply > the same AI halucinations. A big fraction of my 35+ years employment > relied on XFS (SGI IRIX64 systems) for processing remote-sensing [got an error popup while sending the rest of the content seems to have been lost so continuing below] data. Bitrot was an issue, so each data file had a companion checksum file that was checked when using a file. With today's much larger data volumes, bitrot should be handled automatically. Btrfs does this, but there are some tradeoffs: legacy tools don't account for the extra overhead and periodic maintenance is required. >> >> >> I used to have raid arrays for some stuff but found that repairing a >> massive raid array was so time consuming it wasn't worth my time. Good >> backups are much better and quicker for my usage. >> >> Each person has their own usage and needs. As I said, I will give BTRFS >> a closer look in the near future. Working with volumes is a new domain >> for me to learn. I have worked with ext file system for over a decade. >> I know it isn't perfect and the repair aspect of btrfs is something that >> sounds nice for what I want. It will be on a single external drive and >> see how that works. Minimal integration into the system. Might even >> start with a USB stick for testing. >> >> Many things to learn before trying btrfs again. >> >> Robin >> >> -- >> _______________________________________________ >> users mailing list -- users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx >> To unsubscribe send an email to users-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx >> Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ >> List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines >> List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx >> Do not reply to spam, report it: https://pagure.io/fedora-infrastructure/new_issue > > > > -- > George N. White III > -- George N. White III -- _______________________________________________ users mailing list -- users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send an email to users-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Do not reply to spam, report it: https://pagure.io/fedora-infrastructure/new_issue
