Date: Thu, 30 Sep 2004 16:34:23 -0400 From: Brian McCann <bjmccann@gmail.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Backup/Restore Message-ID: <2b5f066d04093013344d048003@mail.gmail.com>
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Hi all...I'm having a conceptual problem I can't get around and
was hoping someone can change my focus here. I've been backing up
roughly 6-8 million small files (roughly 2-4k each) using dump, but
restores take forever due to the huge number of files and directories.
Luckily, I haven't had to restore for an emergency yet...but if I
need to, I'm kinda stuck. I've looked at distributed file systems
like CODA, but the number of files I have to deal with will make it
choke. Can anyone offer any suggestions? I've pondered running
rsync, but am very worried about how long that will take...
Thanks,
--Brian
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