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Date:      Tue, 24 Aug 2004 08:18:22 -0500
From:      Marc Wiz <marc@wiz.com>
To:        FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: SCSI disk to disk dump restore
Message-ID:  <20040824131822.GB79464@wiz.com>
In-Reply-To: <20040824081210.GI41956@ns2.wananchi.com>
References:  <20040823210023.GJ68870@therub.org> <20040824081210.GI41956@ns2.wananchi.com>

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On Tue, Aug 24, 2004 at 11:12:10AM +0300, Odhiambo Washington wrote:
> * Dan Rue <drue@therub.org> [20040824 00:01]: wrote:
> > Hey Gang, 
> > 
> > I had an older scsi disk going bad, so I picked up a new disk to replace
> > it.  I did a dump | restore to move the data to the new disk, but it
> > went far slower than expected.  I'm wondering if there's an issue with
> > the different disk speeds.  

Try experimenting the b option (number of buffers).  You will
find it does make a difference.

Marc
-- 
Marc Wiz
marc@wiz.com
Yes, that really is my last name.



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