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Is there any media cataloging software in linux that automatically shows which files don't have 2 or more copies? (kbin.social)

submitted 2 years ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I lost 2-3 hdd's due to old age and lost all data on them. Some other 2-3 hdd's make a lot of noise while in operation and probably failing. I use VVV to catalog the stuff and to see which files have 2-3 copies, i need to manually search each file name. It's really tedious. I was wondering if there is another program that does this automatically. I let it scan the hdd's and it makes catalogs of each hdd and tells me which files don't have duplicates when i press a button. I have like 18 hdds ranging from 500GB to 4TB full of data so manually searching is too much work now.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

How come you don't make backups instead? IE; do a backup to a drive using Borg or something, then you're not manually managing files.

Also if these are important files consider also backing them up online, Restic to a service like Wasabi or Backblaze B2 is a good option.