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Is there any media cataloging software in linux that automatically shows which files don't have 2 or more copies? (kbin.social)

submitted 1 year ago by TimeMuncher2@kbin.social to c/linux@kbin.social

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I lost 2-3 hdd's due to old age and lost all data on them. Some other 2-3 hdd's make a lot of noise while in operation and probably failing. I use VVV to catalog the stuff and to see which files have 2-3 copies, i need to manually search each file name. It's really tedious. I was wondering if there is another program that does this automatically. I let it scan the hdd's and it makes catalogs of each hdd and tells me which files don't have duplicates when i press a button. I have like 18 hdds ranging from 500GB to 4TB full of data so manually searching is too much work now.

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[–] e_t_@kbin.pithyphrase.net 1 points 1 year ago

This is what RAID is for. Duplicate, or at least spread, data across multiple disks so that a failure of one disk doesn't result in data loss.

[–] MangoPenguin@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

How come you don't make backups instead? IE; do a backup to a drive using Borg or something, then you're not manually managing files.

Also if these are important files consider also backing them up online, Restic to a service like Wasabi or Backblaze B2 is a good option.

[–] MNByChoice@midwest.social 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Sounds like something a backup solution like Bacula would handle. However, I am not quickly seeing a solution.

Are you physically swapping hard drives in and out of your system, or are they all connected at once?

[–] TimeMuncher2@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago

yes, can't connect all hdd to laptop so only using 1 drive at one time in an external enclosure. some drives are portable drives, some are internal drives. its a mix of internal and external drives.