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how can I avoid bit rot on the backup of my media library? (Plasma Debian Linux) (hexbear.net)

submitted 3 months ago by Abracadaniel@hexbear.net to c/askchapo@hexbear.net

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I have a library of movies, TV shows and music for local hosting. Right now I have a script that uses cp to copy newly added media files to a second, identical drive in another room as a backup. there has to be a better way to do this.

ignoring cloud storage and RAID, what are some command line tools that could ensure that the integrity of the files remains intact? assuming the drive continues to function properly.

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[–] cream_provider@hexbear.net 1 points 3 months ago

As an aside, RAID is more of a fault tolerance measure than a backup. I would still backup data stored in a RAID1. (Not that this applies to OP’s question)