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Date:      Thu, 12 Jun 1997 15:40:16 -0600 (MDT)
From:      Nate Williams <nate@mt.sri.com>
To:        Brandon Gillespie <brandon@ice.cold.org>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: dump/restore with compression
Message-ID:  <199706122140.PAA12271@rocky.mt.sri.com>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.NEB.3.95.970612133914.4723A-100000@ice.cold.org>
References:  <Pine.NEB.3.95.970612133914.4723A-100000@ice.cold.org>

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> Is there plans to integrate a compression option into dump and
> restore?

Unless you do compression on a file basis, a single bit error means that
everything after the error is useless.  Also, since most newer backup
systems have hardware compression built-in, it's not as big a deal as it
used to be given that they aren't limited to the single-bit problem due
to using CRC's and such which can correct most errors.

> Does anybody USE dump/restore anymore?

That's all I've been using for years, and still use regularly.  (Though
not as regularly as I should. :( )


Nate



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