[labnetwork] HDD Best Practice

[Massey, Travis]

Hi Long,

Very few of our tools are networked (or could be networked) for backups to a server, so I recently started using Clonezilla to create clones of all of the tools.  Clonezilla is a lightweight bootable Linux build whose sole purpose is to clone drives.  Just put it on a flash drive (or CD, for tools older than flash drive support -- first-gen Windows XP and earlier), stick it in the tool, and boot to it.  It'll guide you through the steps.

Once I have the clone, I keep the dedicated clone drive in a safe place *and* manually put the clone image on a server in case something happens to the physical copy of the clone.

Best,
Travis Massey
Center for Micro and Nanotechnology | Center for Bioengineering
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory


-----Original Message-----
From: labnetwork <labnetwork-bounces at mtl.mit.edu> On Behalf Of Chang, Long
Sent: Thursday, February 9, 2023 7:15 AM
To: Fab Network <labnetwork at mtl.mit.edu>
Subject: [labnetwork] HDD Best Practice

Hi All,

Yesterday we experienced a HDD failure for our AFM. This event should have been prevented by the Raid Mirror with 2 HDD. Our setup where we just have a single working drive and a spare backup clone has been more successful. We are planning to move away from Raid Mirror. Anyone has expertise/experience here they can share? 

Thanks,
Long Chang
Technical Director
UH Nanofabrication Facility
Houston, TX
lvchang at central.uh.edu




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