The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/_Nismo on 2024-09-17 18:10:27.
Working with FreeFileSync and had some questions on settings and what they do. Up on the compare button, you can select name and date change or file content detection. On a mirror copy job for backups, which one of these would be more accurate and faster, or if one more accurate, but slower etc?
There is also a user database file to detect file changes. I assume that this is the fastest option, and when you click mirror for a backup, does not have to comb through the files looking for changes, and then copy? Seems like that database file could get tricky to maintain and if it gets out of sync, then there's a potential to loose files. Would not using the database files, with the file compare checks before the copy, be a more reliable method?