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diff --git a/doc/forum/How_do_I_backup_my_data_to_blue_ray_disks__63__/comment_1_ea2f6ca0768c55fa136606cf091471cd._comment b/doc/forum/How_do_I_backup_my_data_to_blue_ray_disks__63__/comment_1_ea2f6ca0768c55fa136606cf091471cd._comment new file mode 100644 index 000000000..d004c06a0 --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/forum/How_do_I_backup_my_data_to_blue_ray_disks__63__/comment_1_ea2f6ca0768c55fa136606cf091471cd._comment @@ -0,0 +1,25 @@ +[[!comment format=mdwn + username="joey" + subject="""comment 1""" + date="2015-05-01T21:36:59Z" + content=""" +There was a previous thread about using DVDS: +<http://git-annex.branchable.com/forum/Managing_a_large_number_of_files_archived_on_many_pieces_of_read-only_medium___40__E.G._DVDs__41__> + +If the bluerays are rewritable, I'd probably just slap a Real Filesystem +(ext2 not isofs) on there and put a regular git-annex repo on it. I'd probably +run git-annex with the option "-c annex.alwayscommit=false" to prevent it +making many commits to the repo on the blueray, which would rewrite parts of +this disk, perhaps too often. + +Or, to avoid any rewrites at all (except to directory metadata), +I might use a directory special remote on the blueray. + +I don't see much benefit to using bup over the directory special remote. + +If the bluerays are not rewritable, I might try making the git-annex repo +in a temporary directory on the hard disk, and then generating the ISO +from that once I've filled it up. Should work fine, I might set "remote.<name>.annex-readonly" +to true in git repos that had such a disk as a remote to let git-annex +know to not try to write to it. +"""]] |