Re: xfsdump & compression? (was: Re: xfsdump aborts after assertion failure)

[ivanr@sgi.com]

On Mon, 18 Feb 2002, Esger Abbink wrote:

> So, as i understand it there is no "safe" compression aside from
> hardware compression while using xfsdump.
>
> as the data volume is quite big, i really need compression.
> recommandations for backup software anyone?

Well, if you aren't using ACLs or other extended attribute information,
then you could use any generic backup utility like tar, cpio, bru, etc.
(Hopefully the generic utilities will start handling these things now that
the interfaces are defined.)

Or you could spend alot of money on Networker (which also probably
doesn't support EAs on Linux).

Or you could buy yourself a new tape drive that supports compression.

Or you could just buy yourself more tapes. :)


Ivan
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Ivan Rayner
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