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Question: Hard links in SSH mode, NTFS, USB HDDs

Open cbhushan opened this issue 7 years ago • 1 comments

I read through the docs of Back in time (BIT) and did not find clear explicit answers. So, posting here:

  1. Does BIT support backing data from NTFS drive?
  2. Does BIT support NTFS drives as backup destination? with hard-links? with encfs? Any limitations with NTFS?
  3. Does BIT perform hard-linking in SSH mode (assuming remote is linux with ext3/4 filesystem)?
  4. Would BIT work in SSH mode when backup target is a folder on USB-connected NTFS drive on remote host? Would hard-links work? (My remote host is a raspberry pi running rasbian & several NTFS HDDs are connected to it via USB).
  5. Does hard-links work when using encryption?

cbhushan avatar Aug 29 '18 14:08 cbhushan

  1. sure. No probs at all
  2. as NTFS supports hard-links it will work just fine. But I still prefere a native Linux filesystem for my backups as NTFS is a properitary, undocumented format which you can never tell how good it will work with Linux
  3. of course
  4. yes
  5. yes

Germar avatar Aug 30 '18 20:08 Germar

I think we can close this issue. NTFS seems to be used by many users, and we can tackle specific problems if/when they are reported. I don't see any need to make a recommendation for/against NTFS anymore.

emtiu avatar Jul 12 '24 22:07 emtiu