From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Sep 14 22:07:56 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 1EC291065694 for ; Mon, 14 Sep 2009 22:07:56 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from lars@larseighner.com) Received: from mail.team1internet.com (mail.team1internet.com [216.110.13.10]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F27698FC08 for ; Mon, 14 Sep 2009 22:07:55 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail.team1internet.com (Postfix, from userid 12346) id A7D4D16B6C2; Mon, 14 Sep 2009 16:47:06 -0500 (CDT) Received: from larseighner.com (unknown [216.110.13.81]) by mail.team1internet.com (Postfix) with SMTP id 3EC8C16B562; Mon, 14 Sep 2009 16:47:05 -0500 (CDT) Received: by larseighner.com (nbSMTP-1.00) for uid 1001 lars@larseighner.com; Mon, 14 Sep 2009 16:38:57 -0500 (CDT) Date: Mon, 14 Sep 2009 16:38:55 -0500 (CDT) From: Lars Eighner X-X-Sender: lars@debranded.6dollardialup.com To: jaymax In-Reply-To: <25443580.post@talk.nabble.com> Message-ID: <20090914163643.X97663@qroenaqrq.6qbyyneqvnyhc.pbz> References: <25443580.post@talk.nabble.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed X-Sanitizer: Anomy and SpamAssassin mail filter - see http://www.6dollardialup.com/support/spaminfo.html Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Approx. restore time estimate 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: Mon, 14 Sep 2009 22:07:56 -0000 On Mon, 14 Sep 2009, jaymax wrote: > > I do not expect an exact or precise answer here, given all the subjective > & dependent parameters. > > Just a rough ballpark approximation, what time frame should a restore occur > in? > > param :- > an ~1Ghz system, running 6.x O/S, dumpfile ~ 30 Gb, UFS2 file systems w/ > default blocksize, target directory 400 Gb w/ > 190 Gb free capacity, > minimal use system booted from Fixit > > Just wanted to get an idea if I am going anywhere or workig fast being > stuck somewhere or nowhere. I cannot begin to give you a number in the ballpark, all I can tell you is that restore *is* very, very slow and lacks reassuring progress indicators. -- Lars Eighner http://www.larseighner.com/index.html 8800 N IH35 APT 1191 AUSTIN TX 78753-5266