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Re: HDD long-term data storage with ensured integrity

From Marc SCHAEFER <schaefer@alphanet.ch>
Newsgroups linux.debian.user
Subject Re: HDD long-term data storage with ensured integrity
Date 2024-04-08 11:40 +0200
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For offline storage:

On Tue, Apr 02, 2024 at 05:53:15AM -0700, David Christensen wrote:
> Does anyone have any comments or suggestions regarding how to use magnetic
> hard disk drives, commodity x86 computers, and Debian for long-term data
> storage with ensured integrity?

I use LVM on ext4, and I add a MD5SUMS file at the root.

I then power up the drives at least once a year and check the MD5SUMS.

A simple CRC could also work, obviously.

So far, I have not detected MORE corruption with this method than the
drive ECC itself (current drives & buses are much better than they
used to be).  When I have errors detected, I replace the file with
another copy (I usually have multiple off-site copies, and sometimes
even on-site online copies, but not always).  When the errors add
up, it is time to buy another drive, usually after 5+ years or
even sometimes 10+ years.

So, just re-reading the content might be enough, once a year or so.

This is for HDD (for SDD I have no offline storage experience, it
could be shorter).

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HDD long-term data storage with ensured integrity David Christensen <dpchrist@holgerdanske.com> - 2024-04-06 09:52 +0200
  Re: HDD long-term data storage with ensured integrity Marc SCHAEFER <schaefer@alphanet.ch> - 2024-04-08 11:40 +0200
    Re: HDD long-term data storage with ensured integrity David Christensen <dpchrist@holgerdanske.com> - 2024-04-08 20:30 +0200
      Re: HDD long-term data storage with ensured integrity Marc SCHAEFER <schaefer@alphanet.ch> - 2024-04-08 22:10 +0200
        Re: HDD long-term data storage with ensured integrity David Christensen <dpchrist@holgerdanske.com> - 2024-04-09 00:50 +0200
        Re: HDD long-term data storage with ensured integrity Marc SCHAEFER <schaefer@alphanet.ch> - 2024-05-03 13:30 +0200
          Re: HDD long-term data storage with ensured integrity Michael Kjörling <2695bd53d63c@ewoof.net> - 2024-05-03 14:50 +0200
          Re: HDD long-term data storage with ensured integrity David Christensen <dpchrist@holgerdanske.com> - 2024-05-03 23:00 +0200
            Re: HDD long-term data storage with ensured integrity Marc SCHAEFER <schaefer@alphanet.ch> - 2024-05-04 09:50 +0200
              Debian bookwork / grub2 / LVM / RAID / dm-integrity fails to boot Marc SCHAEFER <schaefer@alphanet.ch> - 2024-05-20 14:40 +0200
                Re: Debian bookwork / grub2 / LVM / RAID / dm-integrity fails to boot Franco Martelli <martellif67@gmail.com> - 2024-05-21 20:50 +0200
                Re: Debian bookwork / grub2 / LVM / RAID / dm-integrity fails to boot Marc SCHAEFER <schaefer@alphanet.ch> - 2024-05-22 12:10 +0200
                Re: Debian bookwork / grub2 / LVM / RAID / dm-integrity fails to boot Marc SCHAEFER <schaefer@alphanet.ch> - 2024-05-22 09:00 +0200
                Re: Debian bookwork / grub2 / LVM / RAID / dm-integrity fails to boot Andy Smith <andy@strugglers.net> - 2024-05-22 12:20 +0200
                Re: Debian bookwork / grub2 / LVM / RAID / dm-integrity fails to boot Marc SCHAEFER <schaefer@alphanet.ch> - 2024-05-22 12:30 +0200
                Re: Debian bookwork / grub2 / LVM / RAID / dm-integrity fails to boot Marc SCHAEFER <schaefer@alphanet.ch> - 2024-05-22 09:00 +0200
                Re: Debian bookwork / grub2 / LVM / RAID / dm-integrity fails to boot Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca> - 2024-05-22 23:10 +0200
                Re: Debian bookwork / grub2 / LVM / RAID / dm-integrity fails to boot Marc SCHAEFER <schaefer@alphanet.ch> - 2024-05-23 09:00 +0200
                Re: Debian bookwork / grub2 / LVM / RAID / dm-integrity fails to boot Franco Martelli <martellif67@gmail.com> - 2024-05-28 15:30 +0200
      Why LVM (was: HDD long-term data storage with ensured integrity) Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca> - 2024-04-08 23:10 +0200
        Re: Why LVM David Christensen <dpchrist@holgerdanske.com> - 2024-04-09 01:10 +0200
          Re: Why LVM Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca> - 2024-04-09 02:00 +0200
            Re: Why LVM David Christensen <dpchrist@holgerdanske.com> - 2024-04-09 12:20 +0200
  Re: HDD long-term data storage with ensured integrity piorunz <piorunz@gmx.com> - 2024-04-10 02:10 +0200
    Re: HDD long-term data storage with ensured integrity David Christensen <dpchrist@holgerdanske.com> - 2024-04-10 13:20 +0200
      Re: HDD long-term data storage with ensured integrity Curt <curty@free.fr> - 2024-04-10 17:00 +0200
      Re: HDD long-term data storage with ensured integrity Paul Leiber <paul@onlineschubla.de> - 2024-04-10 18:10 +0200
        Re: HDD long-term data storage with ensured integrity David Christensen <dpchrist@holgerdanske.com> - 2024-04-11 01:20 +0200
      Re: HDD long-term data storage with ensured integrity piorunz <piorunz@gmx.com> - 2024-04-12 17:20 +0200
        Re: HDD long-term data storage with ensured integrity David Christensen <dpchrist@holgerdanske.com> - 2024-04-13 05:10 +0200

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