Aug 13, 2020, 00:14 by rhkra...@gmail.com:
> I'm getting closer to setting up a consistent backup plan, backing up to an > external USB drive. I'm wondering about a reasonable filesystem to use, I > think I want to stay in the ext2/3/4 family, and I'm wondering if there is > any > good reason to use anything beyond ext2? > I've been using an external USB drive for backups for years (more specifically, a regular HDD in a USB enclosure), it works reasonably well. I use ext4. ext2 is more prone to lose stuff and become corrupted if your PC shuts down suddenly as it does not have journaling. ext3 has journaling but is a bit slower than ext4, in my experience ext4 works well and is able to recover from crashes and is a bit faster than ext3. Regards,
