From owner-freebsd-hackers Mon May 4 02:07:29 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id CAA17661 for freebsd-hackers-outgoing; Mon, 4 May 1998 02:07:29 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from caladan.tdx.co.uk (caladan.tdx.co.uk [195.188.177.4]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id CAA17656 for ; Mon, 4 May 1998 02:07:23 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from kpielorz@tdx.co.uk) Received: from tdx.co.uk (lorca-tx.tdx.co.uk [195.188.177.242]) by caladan.tdx.co.uk (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id KAA03206 for ; Mon, 4 May 1998 10:07:23 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from kpielorz@tdx.co.uk) Message-ID: <354D8551.D1D229AF@tdx.co.uk> Date: Mon, 04 May 1998 10:07:29 +0100 From: Karl Pielorz Organization: TDX X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.04 [en] (WinNT; I) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: re: dump/restore - broken? Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Tom wrote: > Beware, dump/restore is also broken for large filesystems. I personally > think that dump/restore should be dropped from FreeBSD. > > Tom Eeek! - Please don't tell me that! - I use dump and restore to backup 3 x 9Gig filesystems on a monthly basis, and my own machines 12+Gb on a weekly backup... Whats wrong with dump/restore? - I remember reading an article a while ago (either somewhere on the freebsd.org site - or linked from their) discussing the various backup methods (Tar, Amanda, Dump etc.) - saying that Dump comes out on top for 'out the box' functionality, and ability to cope with 'open/updated' files during the backup etc? We use it here because it's quick enough for what we want to do, you can install a FreeBSD system - and it's installed by default, and it 'appears' to work... (I say 'appears' as now your saying it's broke!?) Regards Karl Pielorz To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message