First of all, don't use the 'Z' option. GPG compresses itself and this would slow down the process a lot.
On 13-Jan-2004 10:19:12, Marcus Williams wrote: > Hi - > > I am investigating ways of producing encrypted backups. Currently I > use afio and gpg (via tob) with something like: > > afio -b 10240 -c 1000 -U -Z -P gpg -Q --symmetric -Q \ > --passphrase-fd=3 -Q --no-verbose -Q --batch -Q --no-options \ > -3 3 -o /dev/nst0 < $FILELIST 3<$PASSPHRASE > > where $FILELIST is the list of files, and $PASSPHRASE is a path to a > file containing the passphrase for the backup set. > > After a few tests, this method appears to be extremely slow (on a > simple 4mb archive, non encrypted method takes less than .5 secs, > encrypted takes about 7 secs) compared to non-encrypted backup sets > (which I was expecting). Does anyone know of ways to speed the > process > up? Are there any other ways of getting an encrypted backup set that > might be faster? > > Thanks > > Marcus > > -- > Marcus Williams -- http://www.quintic.co.uk > Quintic Ltd, 39 Newnham Road, Cambridge, UK > This message is private [ ] public [*] > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact > [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- mit freundlichen Gruessen / with friendly regards Michael Buchholz MCI Group Office: +49 231 9721192 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sebrathweg 20 Mobile: +49 231 9479858 EMEA DRSS Support 44149 Dortmund, Germany Fax...: +49 231 9721207
