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zfs is great. i wanted to copy my bitcoin node to external drive but didn’t want to shut it off during the copy… so i shut down my node, did a snapshot of the drive (instant), then started it again.

#zfs snapshots keep a readonly, immutable state of the drive in that moment with very little overhead. So my zaps can keep working while i clone the node (snapshots are just symlinks on the drive). Very slick.
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Mantis 10mo ago

is running a node on an external drive & pi superior to running on a dedicated computer ? About to set a node up on a solid laptop that will just run core 24/7 but don't want to bother if an external is the way to go. Thanks for the input, I am learning

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jb55 10mo ago

I run mine on a dedicated computer and occasionally copy it to my laptop via an 2tb m.2 drive in an enclosure. Yes a dedicated machine is ideal. pis and external drives are not super reliable.