From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Jan 19 11:30:05 1999 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id LAA27045 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Tue, 19 Jan 1999 11:30:05 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from guru.phone.net (guru.phone.net [209.157.82.120]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with SMTP id LAA27027 for ; Tue, 19 Jan 1999 11:30:01 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from mwm@phone.net) Received: (qmail 607 invoked by uid 100); 19 Jan 1999 19:29:55 -0000 Received: from localhost (sendmail-bs@127.0.0.1) by localhost with SMTP; 19 Jan 1999 19:29:55 -0000 Date: Tue, 19 Jan 1999 11:29:55 -0800 (PST) From: Mike Meyer To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Backup strategy (Was: Large block size for very large files) In-Reply-To: <199901191916.OAA25001@cc942873-a.ewndsr1.nj.home.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Tue, 19 Jan 1999, Crist J. Clark wrote: > I was trying to use a Jaz disk as a raw device for backup purposes. In > the end, I found it more convenient to put a filesystem on it and pay > the overhead cost in return for putting multiple dumps in multiple > files (and then being able to gzip old dumps too! ;). I thought about trying that - but decided against it for the reasons you name, plus one more. With the stuff on a file system, I have the option of dumping them off to a CDR for archival purposes. What did you do for level 0s? Not multiple Jaz disks, certainly? I dumped to a Jaz cartridge with a tape size set to just barely smaller than a CD, then copied those to a CD. It makes level 0s painful, but it's relatively cheap, and I'll be keeping them for a *long* time.