I have a media server on which I keep all my media files. I keep an archive copy of the files on hard disks that I store separately from my PC. Periodically (once a week, or whenever I add many files) I use BC to find what is new and copy these files to the archive disk. This worked fine when all the files fit on one archive hard disk. Now that I have more than one, I'm trying to figure out how best to manage them.
What I have been doing is using a date filter, since I know that the older archive disks contain all my data as of a certain date. So I just filter on dates later than this, which should go on the current archive disk. This is usually valid, because the older files normally don't change, but occasionally one does change. My current scheme would not copy this.
I'm thinking it ought to be possible to use snapshots (of the archive disks) somehow to do this. But I can't figure out how. One question that I have, is it possible to combine or concatenate snapshots? Or create a snapshot file from more than one disk, and where all the disks are not in the PC at one time?
Any suggestions on other methods of managing my archive disks are welcome.
What I have been doing is using a date filter, since I know that the older archive disks contain all my data as of a certain date. So I just filter on dates later than this, which should go on the current archive disk. This is usually valid, because the older files normally don't change, but occasionally one does change. My current scheme would not copy this.
I'm thinking it ought to be possible to use snapshots (of the archive disks) somehow to do this. But I can't figure out how. One question that I have, is it possible to combine or concatenate snapshots? Or create a snapshot file from more than one disk, and where all the disks are not in the PC at one time?
Any suggestions on other methods of managing my archive disks are welcome.
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