On Tue, Jan 16, 2007 at 09:37:09AM +0100, Nils Breunese (Lemonbit) wrote: > >BackupPC's pool is stored on a large internal hard drive. Every > >day at > >a little after 7:00 A.M., the backup server starts an archive of each > >host, which is stored on a second hard drive that is mounted in a > >removable tray. Once this is complete, the user can shut down the > >server, remove the hard drive, replace it with a different one, and > >turn > >the server back on. Once the new drive is in place, it is > >repartitioned, reformatted and remounted in place, ready for the next > >archive. > > Won't the frequent reformatting et al. wear out your hard drives > pretty fast? I'm sorry, this just made me think of yesterday's > 'RAIDing Disks' story on TheDailyWTF [1], although I'll admit this > sounds like a better setup.
He's not doing a low-level format, just an mkfs... While this stresses some sectors of the disk a bit, I suppose its marginal compared to, say an mbox or /tmp partition. Tino. -- www.quantenfeuerwerk.de www.spiritualdesign-chemnitz.de www.lebensraum11.de
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