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So, after a few more tries and a few more wiggles, scrapping BackupPC sounded like a good idea, replacing it with a flat copy of all the files. | So, after a few more tries and a few more wiggles, scrapping BackupPC sounded like a good idea, replacing it with a flat copy of all the files. | ||
Then at some point, we noticed something interesting with one of the files - the system would sit for ages on that one thing. Applying smartctl gave us good news - a potentially failing hard disk. | Then at some point, we noticed something interesting with one of the files - the system would sit for ages on that one thing. Applying smartctl gave us good news - a potentially failing hard disk. By removing said disk and rebuilding as a 2TB array, the copy could continue. Testing on the HDD later showed that it was not actually failing. | ||
After the ~18 hours copying, a fresh and working backup was obtained. | |||