Mailinglist Archive: opensuse (3901 mails)

[C Hamel <yogich@xxxxxxxxxx>]

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