Date: Mon, 12 Jan 1998 20:57:03 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu> To: Ricardo AG Almeida <ricardag@ag.com.br> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Best backup solution? Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980112205544.22079u-100000@gdi.uoregon.edu> In-Reply-To: <3.0.32.19980108020528.00a1d710@ptero.ag.com.br>
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On Thu, 8 Jan 1998, Ricardo AG Almeida wrote: > Machine #1 have a DAT unit, and mounts (via NFS) Machine #2 filesystems at > /server2 > > To backup both machines I am using > > tar -cSPM --totals \ > What am I doing wrong? Is there a better solution? Yes. Dump is a better solution. See rdump(8). You can dispose of NFS as the transfer medium; this should speed up your backups (assuming NFS is slowing down your backups). Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major
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