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Date: Sat, 13 Oct 2001 15:39:35 -0400
From: Tony Lawrence <tony@aplawrence.com>
Subject: Re: Simple, efficient, reliable backup for Linux
References: <tsfphf8hnb6171@corp.supernews.com> <3BC847B2.C5CAC397@exit109.com> <slrn9sh4mu.9h.dhbrown@hobbes.dhbrown.net>
Dave Brown wrote:
>
> In article <3BC847B2.C5CAC397@exit109.com>, Jean-David Beyer wrote:
> > quasimoto wrote:
> >>
> >> Can someone recommend a simple, efficient, reliable backup method for
> >> Linux? Tar and cpio don't cut it.
> >>...
> >> Aside from experiencing frequent problems
> >> with these utilities, it takes forever to produce an archive list or
> >> torestore a single file from a large archive (> 1GB), as the entire archive
> >> apparently has to be traversed.
>
> Isn't this more a function of tape speed (and how you've organized your
> backups).
Not entirely. Many modern tape drives have a "fast seek" capability
where the tape can be quickly moved forward. If you have an index of
where files are, you can fast seek and then do an ordinary read.
Commercial software (any of the supertars-
/Reviews/supertars.html ) all have this capability.
--
Tony Lawrence
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