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Date:      Wed, 08 May 1996 07:55:15 -0700
From:      "Justin T. Gibbs" <gibbs@freefall.freebsd.org>
To:        Nate Williams <nate@sri.MT.net>
Cc:        Michael Smith <msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au>, rgrimes@gndrsh.aac.dev.com (Rodney W. Grimes), current@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: *SLOW* remote dumps 
Message-ID:  <199605081455.HAA04226@freefall.freebsd.org>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Wed, 08 May 1996 06:05:17 MDT." <199605081205.GAA24091@rocky.sri.MT.net> 

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>> > > > I decided to backup my laptop since I got a new disk for doing -curren
>t
>> > > > development last week, and backups speeds are running
>> > > > 30-40K/sec,
>..
>> Why are you using rsh?  
>> 
>> We've been remote-dumping (and restoring, AFAIK) for quite some time,
>> with excellent throughput using :
>> 
>> dump 0fuB <host>:/dev/nrst0 2097000 <filesystem>
>
>I never tried changing the block size, but using the stock rdump, my
>dumps were running at 30-40K/sec (only under -current.  -stable is
>plenty fast).
>
>> on 2GB DDS tapes.  Using host:device sends stuff to rmt which is highly
>> preferable to rsh.
>
>Normally I use rdump, but it was so slow as to be unusable.
>
>
>Nate

You need to set a block size.  I think there were some changes to the st
driver that makes it more conservitive about what block size it uses
by default.  Do a diff between the two drivers and see what's different.
--
Justin T. Gibbs
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  FreeBSD: Turning PCs into workstations
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