From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue May 6 08:54:00 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DA78637B401 for ; Tue, 6 May 2003 08:54:00 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mail.pennswoods.net (mail.pennswoods.net [205.247.236.146]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2E42F43FBD for ; Tue, 6 May 2003 08:53:58 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from jbkoontz@pennswoods.net) Received: from quartz (inferno.pennswoods.net [205.247.239.242]) by mail.pennswoods.net (Postfix) with SMTP id A90CF289789 for ; Tue, 6 May 2003 11:49:42 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: <00ec01c313e7$7d11d680$4f01200a@priv.pennswoods.net> From: "Joshua Koontz" To: Date: Tue, 6 May 2003 11:52:24 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2720.3000 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2600.0000 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.1 Subject: Tar length X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 06 May 2003 15:54:01 -0000 Preparing to do replace a mail server. Before doing so, I need to = backup and transfer the existing mailboxes. Just wondering how long it = would take for a tar to complete on 21 GB worth of data. Also any = estimates on 'untaring' the data after it is transfered. Thanks. Joshua Koontz Network Engineer Pennswoods.net (814) 624-2424x542 Windows: "Where do you want to go today?" Linux: "Where do you want to go tomorrow?" BSD: "Are you guys coming or what?"