Date: Sun, 14 Oct 2001 16:25:24 -0700 From: "Crist J. Clark" <cristjc@earthlink.net> To: Mit Rowe <mitayai@branchmedia.com> Cc: "freebsd-questions@FreeBSD. ORG" <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: dump - can it be compressed? Message-ID: <20011014162524.F309@blossom.cjclark.org> In-Reply-To: <DBEMKGPNFGOGJHLMDNDJMELEDAAA.mitayai@branchmedia.com>; from mitayai@branchmedia.com on Sun, Oct 14, 2001 at 04:49:41PM -0400 References: <DBEMKGPNFGOGJHLMDNDJMELEDAAA.mitayai@branchmedia.com>
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On Sun, Oct 14, 2001 at 04:49:41PM -0400, Mit Rowe wrote:
> A quick question regarding 'dump'... can the output be compressed, and if
> so, are there any issues to keep in mind?
Yes, it can be compressed. Issues... You have to uncompress it before
you use it in restore(8)? The CPU load for compression on a slow
machine (using an old machine for something like backups is a fairly
common practice) can sometimes be the rate limiting step.
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