On 12:18 Tue 18 Jan , Jack Malone wrote:
I'm trying out the personal version of bru for backinging up some samab shares here. Just wondering who is using it out there an if you did any speed tweaks to increase the speed of backups. I did a test backup this morning of about 1 gig of data an it took 30 minutes to complete it. Based on that time frame the 11 gigs I have in the samba share would take up to 5 hours or so to finish. I did a test with the buffersize at 64k an 128k an it was same amount of time to do the backup in my testing. thanks for any help with this. I'm using a quantum DLT vS80 tape drive.
thanks
jack
I have used BRU, but it was a long time ago ...like a couple years, I think. That one came w/Caldera Open Linux. I do know that the version I used had no speed tweaks. I backed up to disk, burned to CDs. The 2+/- GB of data I backed up on that particular box took about 1.5 hours, I think. It is a lengthy process no matter what one uses, but lately I have taken to using DAR and like the fact that it'll back up quite rapidly the 5+GB I now have. I have never timed it but know it happens more quickly than you have indicated. FWIW... -- ..."Yogi" CH Namast Yoga Studio