From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Sep 15 00:33:58 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 B7DC91065693 for ; Tue, 15 Sep 2009 00:33:58 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kurt.buff@gmail.com) Received: from mail-ew0-f208.google.com (mail-ew0-f208.google.com [209.85.219.208]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4EDE28FC08 for ; Tue, 15 Sep 2009 00:33:58 +0000 (UTC) Received: by ewy4 with SMTP id 4so3605937ewy.36 for ; Mon, 14 Sep 2009 17:33:57 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:in-reply-to:references :date:message-id:subject:from:to:cc:content-type; bh=/LLh48LKeeQALrXVHdDsB1Npxg6svwtwF5ehNasCxTw=; b=d9zao5baE/rjiLFpczabNn7PsQQgtgNB5FIg+OZ7WvgaNxXJf1KTA+pYrq35HllkAn FvvMeLxnO/6qbwLVVbbCwn23VUUttgDbTRDYaV416YuQltMXMCLN89y+TzbdovK7x+2v 8gnWSDMa6Cq9MfFfYAs0yOA8gWX6YvQfezk+Q= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type; b=PI9Qg12ntmrGUOPtmmlK0CaRhBEX3NnQiYPNSS41D14zqqU9fcZpTcLs2dwSqu4sjg OsDleqJ/uiKaOId33ziwf+D6OVU3eR22AqtPuIQ886CiO/Cf+RC7ZNfVzi5cYC9HCmmK R8ur1u38FC8jK7Q6fSaMa/IOhWmwYxv0moZ0A= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.211.147.10 with SMTP id z10mr58295ebn.28.1252974837481; Mon, 14 Sep 2009 17:33:57 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <25445497.post@talk.nabble.com> References: <25443580.post@talk.nabble.com> <20090914163643.X97663@qroenaqrq.6qbyyneqvnyhc.pbz> <25445497.post@talk.nabble.com> Date: Mon, 14 Sep 2009 17:33:57 -0700 Message-ID: From: Kurt Buff To: jaymax Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 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: Tue, 15 Sep 2009 00:33:58 -0000 On Mon, Sep 14, 2009 at 16:36, jaymax wrote: > > Thanks! > > That might explain. Is there an alternate process you would recommend with > at least equal reliability. > BTW I should have mentioned that I was restoring from a disk file rather > than from a tape > > Thanks again. IME, restoring from disk or tape makes little difference, if you're doing a full restore, and once the restore process is up and running. The bigger bottleneck is the write speed of the disk(s) you're restoring to - it's always slower to write than to read, often by a very large margin. Kurt