> Sure, if you think 50GB and 100GB are "larger" :)  I have to split them
> up according to directory structure, though, due to the nature of the
> data on them {O(4) files in a directory takes (g)tar a relatively long
> time} and the size of the tapes I'm using (Ecrix VXA V17 - 33/66GB).  I
> also backup similarly-sized ext2 FS's with large file support.

Thanks for the advice. I don't consider 50-100 being all that large, but on
a workstation with an IDE bus, it gets to be a bit of a drag pulling all that
data off it.

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Joshua Warchol
UNIX Systems Administrator
DSL.net

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