[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Hello, > > I would like to have an information about compression level. > > I'm still doing several tests about compression and I would like to > have your opinion about something : > I think that there is a very little difference between level 1 and > level 9. > I tought that I will be more. > > For example, with a directory (1GB - 1308 files : excel, word, pdf, > bmp, jpg, zip, ...) with compression level : > > 9 I have the result : 54.4% compressed (1st size : 1018.4 Mo / > compressed size : 464.5 Mo) > 1 I have the result : 52.8% compressed (1st size : 1018.4 Mo / > compressed size : 480.5 Mo) > > Do you think that's correct / normal ? I'll ask this again: How are you ensuring that each compression test isn't reusing the compressed files that are already in the pool? What is your test methodology?
I don't think BackupPC will update the pool with the smaller file even though it knows the source was identical, and some tests I just did backing up /tmp seem to agree. Once compressed and copied into the pool, the file is not updated with future higher compressed copies. Does anyone know something otherwise? Rich ------------------------------------------------------------------------- SF.Net email is sponsored by: The Future of Linux Business White Paper from Novell. From the desktop to the data center, Linux is going mainstream. Let it simplify your IT future. http://altfarm.mediaplex.com/ad/ck/8857-50307-18918-4 _______________________________________________ BackupPC-users mailing list BackupPC-users@lists.sourceforge.net List: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users Wiki: http://backuppc.wiki.sourceforge.net Project: http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/
