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[ale] best filesystem for USB external?
- Subject: [ale] best filesystem for USB external?
- From: jhubbslist at att.net (Jeff Hubbs)
- Date: Tue, 11 Feb 2014 15:41:55 -0500
- In-reply-to: <[email protected]>
- References: <[email protected]>
On 2/11/14, 3:31 PM, John Heim wrote:
> I have a mail server with a failing RAID array. I want to rsync all
> the mail to a USB external drive like every 10 - 15 minutes until the
> RAID is fixed. Which filesystem should I use to format the USB
> external drive?
>
I wouldn't see why ext4 wouldn't be just fine for that. Of course, be
very careful about umounting it before disconnecting.