Date: Wed, 3 Mar 2004 09:14:57 -0500 From: Lucas Holt <luke@foolishgames.com> To: "Toomas Aas" <toomas.aas@raad.tartu.ee> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: backup Message-ID: <2693F802-6D1D-11D8-9B78-000A95EFF4CA@foolishgames.com> In-Reply-To: <200403031359.i23DxgDb003853@lv.raad.tartu.ee> References: <!~!UENERkVCMDkAAQACAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAABgAAAAAAAAAYzSznVi3fkWJYCR3viDFqMKAAAAQAAAA30CINh4UKEm/uYMfcCdnMgEAAAAA@planet-richard.com> <200403031359.i23DxgDb003853@lv.raad.tartu.ee>
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On Mar 3, 2004, at 8:59 AM, Toomas Aas wrote: > Hi! > > On Tue, 24 Feb 2004 9:32 am, Richard Beyer wrote: >>> We're currently doing a back up of a FreeBSD 4.9 (2) server by >>> plugging a USB external drive in and then doing >>> cp /dev/ad0 /dev/da0 >>> >>> This takes about 30 hours, (USB 1). > > Could you get a USB 2 PCI card? Presuming the drive and freebsd support it, i would think it could make things a bit faster. USB2 is faster than firewire 400 which is what most pcs have. Apple just starting shipping Firewire 800 last year (its their standard). Lucas Holt Luke@FoolishGames.com ________________________________________________________ FoolishGames.com (Jewel Fan Site) JustJournal.com (Free blogging) 'I try to think but nothing happens' -- Homer Jay Simpson
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