Custom Parity

From version 1.2, you now have ability to customise the amount of files created with number of parity files.

If you do not specify your own values, the default will be:

`--files 3 --par 2`

Therefore, a total of 6 files, including metadata file, will be created.

Meaning

The files flag denotes number of non-redundent files you wish to keep; the higher the value, the smaller the individual file size. So, if you create an archive with --files 5 you will get 5 files (6 including metadata file) before you add parity. To ensure redundency, you must specify a --par value. If you use --par 2 this means in total you will now have created 8 files (including metadata file).

Working together

arck -s /path/dir -d /path/output --files 5 --par 2