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Asked: 2018-10-22 11:59:31 +0800 CST

What format can I use for the destination drive when backing up with rsync?

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What format can I use to back up a destination drive using rsync with Linux - ext4, ntfs , fat32?

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  1. Depends on what you want to backup.

    • If permissions need to be preserved you should use ext where ext4 should be preferred.
    • If the files are personal and you do not need to care about permissions you could use a windows file system. FAT32 has limits in filesize so I would advice against it. NTFS should be preferred.

    I myself would always use the same file system as what you use for the originals.

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