I generally keep at least three copies of important stuff, the original, the rsync backup, and another rsync on a different machine (that one also has cloud backup). For really important stuff I have an air gap off site disk with a copy of everything (the problem there is remembering to refresh it).
On Fri, Mar 24, 2023 at 11:44 AM Rich Shepard <rshep...@appl-ecosys.com> wrote: > On Fri, 24 Mar 2023, Michael Ewan wrote: > > > Note, mkfs.xfs is done on the raid1 disk set, not on the individual > drives. > > Michael, > > Got it. I'm seriouly considering formatting both with xfs, installing > dirvish on /dev/sde1 then using rsync to keep /dev/sdf1 as a mirror. Not > being combined into a logical volume I shouldn't again lose all backups > because the lv failed and wiped both disks. > > Thanks, > > Rich >
