From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Sep 15 16:20:41 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 6D99B1065670 for ; Tue, 15 Sep 2009 16:20:41 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from bounces@nabble.com) Received: from kuber.nabble.com (kuber.nabble.com [216.139.236.158]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 468B58FC25 for ; Tue, 15 Sep 2009 16:20:41 +0000 (UTC) Received: from isper.nabble.com ([192.168.236.156]) by kuber.nabble.com with esmtp (Exim 4.63) (envelope-from ) id 1Mnalk-0001MZ-Pn for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Tue, 15 Sep 2009 09:20:40 -0700 Message-ID: <25457128.post@talk.nabble.com> Date: Tue, 15 Sep 2009 09:20:40 -0700 (PDT) From: jaymax To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: <20090914191841.Q98566@qroenaqrq.6qbyyneqvnyhc.pbz> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Nabble-From: jaymax36@gmail.com References: <25443580.post@talk.nabble.com> <20090914163643.X97663@qroenaqrq.6qbyyneqvnyhc.pbz> <25445497.post@talk.nabble.com> <20090914191841.Q98566@qroenaqrq.6qbyyneqvnyhc.pbz> 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 16:20:41 -0000 I was wondering if 24, 48, 72 hrs or even a lifetime was the order of time. I am now approaching 24 hrs. probably wait until my geriatric years and come back to look at the machine ... lol!!! Or would I have been better off using dd if=/dev/* of=output/path/filename [options] All other things being equal, would the removal of the "restore" overheads be significant relative to those from dd . Thanks Lars Eighner-2 wrote: > > On Mon, 14 Sep 2009, jaymax wrote: > >> >> Thanks! >> >> That might explain. Is there an alternate process you would recommend >> with >> at least equal reliability. > > I don't know of anything that isn't a bigger can of worms in a file system > of any complexity to speak of. > >> BTW I should have mentioned that I was restoring from a disk file rather >> than from a tape > > I was speaking of disk to disk. > > -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/Approx.-restore-time-estimate-tp25443580p25457128.html Sent from the freebsd-questions mailing list archive at Nabble.com.