Date: Sat, 24 Jun 2006 20:12:56 -0700 From: "Nikolas Britton" <nikolas.britton@gmail.com> To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Effects of changing tar's -b option. Message-ID: <ef10de9a0606242012j63039323w7b1bb63f1e325bb3@mail.gmail.com>
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Test Setup: 250 50MB files (13068252KB) dd if=/dev/random of=testfile bs=1m count=50 Ethernet mtu=6500 Transferred files were wiped after every test with 'rm -r *'. Test: hostB: nc -4l port | tar xpbf n - hostA: date; tar cbf n - . | nc hostB port; date Test Results: seconds = n 645sec. = 1024 670sec. = 512 546sec. = 256 503sec. = 128 500sec. = 128 (control) 515sec. = 96 508sec. = 64 501sec. = 20 (default) Conclusions: Make your own. -- BSD Podcasts @: http://bsdtalk.blogspot.com/ http://freebsdforall.blogspot.com/
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