It's A Digital Disease!

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/BlueFuzzyBunny on 2024-12-27 20:12:37.

In what order do you robocopy file types to a master backup drive?

My memory is fuzzy, but I remember seeing an image of a color-coded platter that designated the order of optimal places to copy files to the platter. For example, documents and files would go on the outer platter, while media and movies would go towards the inner platter.

For anyone interested, here’s what I’ve been working on:

I have finally finished consolidating 18TB of data down to 6TB. I’m following the 3-2-1 backup method. Here’s my process so far:

1. Organized all the data on a 10TB drive into a folder structure.
2. Plan to robocopy the data to an 8TB drive.
3. Defrag the 8TB drive.
4. Clone the 8TB drive twice:
   • To an external 8TB drive.
   • To a 10TB drive.
5. Set up a syncing schedule:
   • The master backup will sync to the other 8TB drive once a month.
   • The other 8TB drive will sync to the 10TB drive once a week.

Does anyone have recommendations for the order to robocopy files for optimal platter placement? Any advice or feedback on my setup would also be appreciated!

Edit: This is the order I plan to copy the files over in chunks, since most of the responses say it doesn’t really matter. If anyone has opinions or suggestions, let me know—I just want to get this over with! haha

Order of Chunks:

1. Documents
2. Photos and Editing Projects
3. Music and Audio Files
4. Media/Movies
5. PC Backups
6. Archives/Old Data