From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Mar 13 19:34:38 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 60EE2106564A for ; Fri, 13 Mar 2009 19:34:38 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from thomas@goodking.ca) Received: from mail-qy0-f110.google.com (mail-qy0-f110.google.com [209.85.221.110]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1FD3D8FC0C for ; Fri, 13 Mar 2009 19:34:37 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from thomas@goodking.ca) Received: by qyk8 with SMTP id 8so473639qyk.3 for ; Fri, 13 Mar 2009 12:34:37 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.224.19.194 with SMTP id c2mr2365376qab.25.1236972877458; Fri, 13 Mar 2009 12:34:37 -0700 (PDT) Received: from goodking.goodking.ca (dynamic-216-211-117-74.tbaytel.net [216.211.117.74]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id 36sm1194929qyk.35.2009.03.13.12.34.36 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5); Fri, 13 Mar 2009 12:34:37 -0700 (PDT) Sender: Thomas Abthorpe From: Thomas Abthorpe Organization: FreeBSD.GoodKing.Ca To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Date: Fri, 13 Mar 2009 15:34:32 -0400 User-Agent: KMail/1.9.10 References: <20090313191520.GA14233@thought.org> In-Reply-To: <20090313191520.GA14233@thought.org> X-Face: /|[9,PbEOB6g>?2^*Sc|"~6:Ro"O>Nv\Rfkv\42g)=?utf-8?q?TuAYG=26+bD=5CpCJTX31s=5Fp=7Bc7=5D5a=2ED=2E=0A=09Y?=@QddKu_I[XB8; euK=^[=L1I#]rgi[0jgz^4qCTwlj]3kJ)]vc}O"HrA14hN)=?utf-8?q?aXewJPTi=7C=0A=09Pt=7BS3=23Vw4x-?="/:& Cc: Gary Kline Subject: Re: best archiver? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 13 Mar 2009 19:34:38 -0000 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On March 13, 2009 03:15:24 pm Gary Kline wrote: > guys, this is for any compression experts on-list. my main desktop is > nearly full. i'm looking for the best means of compressing [mostly] audio > files. mp3, ogg, and .flag. i cross backup among my servers and would like > to have the most reasoned approach to compressing my ~/Music/ files. is > rar/unrar better that bzip -9? is there any new/forthcoming archiver on > the horizon? > > actually, i am looking to buy/build a dual or quad system with two 1.5TB > drives. but need help with that ... if anybody inn the seattle area can > come over and help me. for now, i just want to be as sure as possible that > my files are saved on at least two systems. > > thanks for any insights here. > > gary Try archivers/rzip, and when compressing pass -9 on command line. I have been using it for some time, very happily. Thomas - -- Thomas Abthorpe | FreeBSD Committer tabthorpe@FreeBSD.org | http://people.freebsd.org/~tabthorpe -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.11 (FreeBSD) iEYEARECAAYFAkm6tUkACgkQ5Gm/jNBp8qCBPACeNgxqBEpEszQaXXWCTFpsBdFQ ueEAn36v36CU0oGChwCNXNT++ZWGqlW6 =6PpU -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----