Saving SQL database & file backups to FAT32 file system, is it safe?

[webman19]

I usually make backups of my MySQL databases and web site directories at my local development server in tar.gz file format. I want to ask if it is safe to save the backup files inside a FAT32 file system on an external USB harddrive ?!

Or is it better to save them inside a Linux partition ?!

(I guess NTFS should always be avoided)

I use OpenSUSE 11.4, thanks.

[Lakshmipathi]

I would be doing both the things,It depends on size of backup and its contents ,if its too important and small size ( less than 10mb) then back it up at some external hard drive or DVD and also move it Linux and Windows partition.

You can also explore using something like github

[webman19]

I would be doing both the things,It depends on size of backup and its contents ,if its too important and small size ( less than 10mb) then back it up at some external hard drive or DVD and also move it Linux and Windows partition.

You can also explore using something like github

Thanks. Maybe I should have used different words. I want to ask if it makes a difference if the file system where the backup's file is stored is FAT32 or Ext2/3/4 ?!

I don't want to get into a situation where I cannot restore a file into the Linux OS from the backups stored at a FAT32 partition for example..

[Lakshmipathi]

yes,that's good question. Normally I have seen files get affected and we have to run commands like "dos2unix" - to make it work on linux system.If you are doing to take a bakup as gzip or bzip2 ..it should not create any issues. You should be able to restore them from FAT to ext FS.

If you have created separated FAT32 partition just for storing backups and then I would suggest you to use ext3,4 instead of FAT. Because ext3,4 are more reliable than FAT or NTFS

[webman19]

yes,that's good question. Normally I have seen files get affected and we have to run commands like "dos2unix" - to make it work on linux system.If you are doing to take a bakup as gzip or bzip2 ..it should not create any issues. You should be able to restore them from FAT to ext FS.

If you have created separated FAT32 partition just for storing backups and then I would suggest you to use ext3,4 instead of FAT. Because ext3,4 are more reliable than FAT or NTFS

Thanks very much Lakshmipathi. That answers my question well.