diff --git a/doc/copies/comment_3_5beb9a5b87dd6775f9b921ad1e9bc610._comment b/doc/copies/comment_3_5beb9a5b87dd6775f9b921ad1e9bc610._comment new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..287e89e25f --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/copies/comment_3_5beb9a5b87dd6775f9b921ad1e9bc610._comment @@ -0,0 +1,14 @@ +[[!comment format=mdwn + username="nobodyinperson" + avatar="http://cdn.libravatar.org/avatar/736a41cd4988ede057bae805d000f4f5" + subject="comment 3" + date="2023-06-13T06:42:47Z" + content=""" +git annex can't have multiple copies of the same file in one repo. And if your disk fails, a second copy doesn't really help, does it? But you can achieve what you want with either: + +- kinda with `git annex untrust repo-on-normal-disk`, this will assume your normal disks might fail anytime and will put files elsewhere as well +- with [groups](https://git-annex.branchable.com/preferred_content/standard_groups/) + - make another, second repo on your normal disks (that alone could help) + - put all repos on your normal disks into one group: `git annex group mydisk1 baddisks` and `git annex group mydisk2 baddisks` + - specify that all your normal disks want to have the same content as the raid ones with some expression: https://git-annex.branchable.com/preferred_content/ `git annex groupwanted baddisks ...` `git annex wanted myrepo1 groupwanted` +"""]]