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Bitrot, Part 2

This article has a link to a simple script I’ve used for over a decade to detect corrupted files. It will detect and report on files that have changed, been added, deleted or possibly moved within the same directory structure. Continue reading “Bitrot, Part 2”

Author bduncanPosted on 2018-06-192018-06-27Categories Code Bits, Data CorruptionTags bitrot, data corruption, filesystem

Bitrot, Part 1

Your systems have drives set up in RAID configurations and besides, you have data copied to redundant systems and backups, right? Safe? Maybe not. I recently found corruption in a quarter of a million files that had not previously been detected, for years! Continue reading “Bitrot, Part 1”

Author bduncanPosted on 2018-06-062018-06-09Categories Data CorruptionTags bitrot, data corruption, filesystem1 Comment on Bitrot, Part 1

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