From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Mar 13 19:15:29 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2E701106566C for ; Fri, 13 Mar 2009 19:15:29 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kline@thought.org) Received: from aristotle.thought.org (ns1.thought.org [209.180.213.210]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E32758FC0C for ; Fri, 13 Mar 2009 19:15:28 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kline@thought.org) Received: from thought.org (tao.thought.org [10.47.0.250]) (authenticated bits=0) by aristotle.thought.org (8.14.2/8.14.2) with ESMTP id n2DJGPw1073503 for ; Fri, 13 Mar 2009 12:16:25 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from kline@thought.org) Received: by thought.org (nbSMTP-1.00) for uid 1002 kline@thought.org; Fri, 13 Mar 2009 12:15:24 -0700 (PDT) Date: Fri, 13 Mar 2009 12:15:24 -0700 From: Gary Kline To: FreeBSD Mailing List Message-ID: <20090313191520.GA14233@thought.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.3i X-Organization: Thought Unlimited. Public service Unix since 1986. X-Of_Interest: With 22 years of service to the Unix community. X-Spam-Status: No, score=-4.4 required=3.6 tests=ALL_TRUSTED,BAYES_00 autolearn=ham version=3.2.3 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.2.3 (2007-08-08) on aristotle.thought.org Cc: Subject: best archiver? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 13 Mar 2009 19:15:29 -0000 guys, this is for any compression experts on-list. my main desktop is nearly full. i'm looking for the best means of compressing [mostly] audio files. mp3, ogg, and .flag. i cross backup among my servers and would like to have the most reasoned approach to compressing my ~/Music/ files. is rar/unrar better that bzip -9? is there any new/forthcoming archiver on the horizon? actually, i am looking to buy/build a dual or quad system with two 1.5TB drives. but need help with that ... if anybody inn the seattle area can come over and help me. for now, i just want to be as sure as possible that my files are saved on at least two systems. thanks for any insights here. gary -- Gary Kline kline@thought.org http://www.thought.org Public Service Unix http://jottings.thought.org http://transfinite.thought.org The 2.23a release of Jottings: http://jottings.thought.org/index.php