Does it go through metadata or the files themselves?
I’m asking because I’m setting up a new raid whereas there is both hdd and ssd and I’m keeping the metadata on both.
I wonder if backup using duplicacy will spin up the ssd or not that’s what I want to avoid.
Thanks!
Pushy pushy… Anyone?
After the initial backup, I think duplicacy generates a file listing and then (by default) uses the file metadata to determine if the file has been changed since the last backup; if so, then it will go through the file’s data.
No idea if Duplicacy will spin up your SSD (think you mean HDD? 
) but by default it looks at the metadata to see if it’s changed (i.e. file size and modification timestamps) and not the contents. If you want it to double-check the contents, you can run it with the -hash option.
Yes I meant HDD.
Thanks to both!