[plug] Backups

[Craig Ringer]

Michael Holland wrote:
> On Wed, 28 Jul 2004, Craig Ringer wrote:
> 
> 
>>IFAIK DVD+RW /is/ randomly rewritable, but I don't know what the driver
>>and filesystem support for that is like under Linux, and it has some
>>limitations that would make me reluctant to use it.
> 
> 
> You mean the limited number of write cycles?

That, and the way most filesystems update the (usually fixed location) 
superblock(s) very frequently. AFAIK DVD+RW doesn't have any sort of 
write levelling like flash media does, so that could become a serious issue.

> Apparently that can be OK,
> but you must mount it -noatime or it dies very fast.

Hmm. OK.

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Craig Ringer