On Mon, Jul 27, 2026 at 08:25:40 -0300, Marcelo Laia wrote: > - Debian Testing > - rsyslog > - Log files stored on an external USB SSD > - The root filesystem should remain as untouched as possible, while the > SSD receives all log writes.
> If the USB SSD is unexpectedly disconnected, the USB bus resets, or the > filesystem becomes unmounted for any reason, the mount point directory > still exists. As I understand it, applications may continue writing to > that directory, which now belongs to the underlying root filesystem. On > systems using flash storage, this could eventually wear out the internal > storage without immediately being noticed. My first thought would be to create a subdirectory on the mounted external device, and write the logs to files within that subdirectory. If/when the external device goes away, that subdirectory will not exist, so you won't be able to create the log files specified in the configuration.
