On Thu, 18 May 2017 22:39:59 -0500 Ram Ramesh <rramesh2400@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Here is a summary of what I like to do. I want to backup files on to > (multiple) disks that will be loaded on to a USB dock. Simple one to one > copy is all I am looking for. I am not interested in full vs. > incremental or keeping versions of files for restore. My data is just > movies and songs. All I want is a SW that understands links (to avoid > duplicates) and copy files in batch on to multiple disks. I want content > of each (backup) disk to be independent. This way if one backup disk > dies, I have all other files unaffected by this failure. The only reason > I did not try multi-volume tar is the lack of independence across disks. What I'm doing is storing files on my primary storage in folders according to where they are backed up to. E.g. "[back up of this is to be stored] On USB disk A", "B", etc. In your case that would be: /storage/OnDiskA/Movies/...... /storage/OnDiskA/Music/...... /storage/OnDiskB/Movies/...... -- With respect, Roman -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-raid" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
