BackupPC-users

Re: [BackupPC-users] Copying BackupPC to tape for off-site storage - very slow

2010-03-02 13:13:58
Subject: Re: [BackupPC-users] Copying BackupPC to tape for off-site storage - very slow
From: Sean Carolan <scarolan AT gmail DOT com>
To: "General list for user discussion, questions and support" <backuppc-users AT lists.sourceforge DOT net>
Date: Tue, 2 Mar 2010 12:11:48 -0600
> If you use a file-oriented approach, traversing the directories is very
> slow, and the restore will be much worse as it tries to reconstruct the
> hardlinks.  An image copy will be much faster, but keep in mind that you
> have to load it all back from the tape before being able to access any
> of it.  If your partition is 2TB or smaller it might be handier to image
> to to an external or removable disk that you could access directly.

We'll give this a shot.  Our "tape drive" is actually an HP d2d4112
system, which creates a virtual tape changer and and tape drive.

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