I'm looking to set up a good backup system for some recently archived materials in an ongoing project. I've received a suggestion to use Rsync along with other tools, but I'm nervous about making a mistake. Can anyone offer some advice on how to get started with this?
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First off, it's great you're considering Rsync for your backup! Before diving in, you should check what file systems you're working with on your source and target drives. Rsync works well with ext4, which you mentioned is on your laptop. As for the external hard drives, you might want to format them to ext4 as well if you're sticking with Linux, but NTFS is also a good choice if you plan on using them with Windows machines too.
Thanks for the tip! I'm actually still looking for HDD recommendations, so I appreciate any suggestions on what might work best for this setup.