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Date:      Tue, 06 May 2003 11:39:58 -0500
From:      Kirk Strauser <kirk@strauser.com>
To:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Tar length
Message-ID:  <877k94hvvl.fsf@pooh.honeypot.net>
In-Reply-To: <00ec01c313e7$7d11d680$4f01200a@priv.pennswoods.net> (Joshua Koontz's message of "Tue, 6 May 2003 11:52:24 -0400")
References:  <00ec01c313e7$7d11d680$4f01200a@priv.pennswoods.net>

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At 2003-05-06T15:52:24Z, "Joshua Koontz" <jbkoontz@pennswoods.net> writes:

> 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.

You know, you can try it yourself.  If you're not compressing the data, then
you'll be limited by how fast you can read/write 21GB of data.
=2D-=20
Kirk Strauser

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