Re: [PLUG] Copying files to multiple volumes

[Walt Mankowski via plug <plug@lists.phillylinux.org>]

These drives might well be used by someone using Windows instead of
Linux, so changing the filesystem isn't an option.

Also, please reply to the mailing list instead of me personally.

Walt

On Wed, Oct 28, 2020 at 10:15:08PM +0100, Jon Wolfe wrote:
> Don't know if this is a good solution for you or not. But you could
> always create a BTRFS system. There are probably other file systems also
> that can span volumes.
> 
> On 10/28/20 10:11 PM, Walt Mankowski via plug wrote:
> > Hi,
> > 
> > At work I've got to copy 7.8 TB of files onto external hard drives so
> > they can be archived. Ideally I'd like these to fit onto two 4-TB
> > drives. Assuming they can fit [1] does anyone know of a way to do
> > copies that span volumes?
> > 
> > My fallback is to run `du -b --max-depth=1`, load the output into a
> > spreadsheet, and hope that I can find point in the middle that leaves
> > half on each side. But I'm hoping there might be something to automate
> > it.
> > 
> > Walt
> > 
> > 1. Yes, I realize this is the bin-packing problem and it's
> >     NP-Hard. The subdirectories are all around the same size and I'm
> >     hoping I'll get lucky.
> > 
> > 
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