Question #215376 on sbackup changed: https://answers.launchpad.net/sbackup/+question/215376
Status: Open => Answered Jean-Peer Lorenz proposed the following answer: Hello Rafael, thank you for using sbackup. As Anton said, this is a 'drawback' of tar. The reason is that tar reads the whole archive when restoring files and this can take a long time on large archives :-( Some time ago, I've started to work on this issue (or general performance issues) in branch 'tar-backend-improvements'. Unfortunately, I was short on time lately but I'm trying hard the become more active again. In short, the solution implemented in a *very* early and experimental stage is to split archives in order to ease use on FAT partitions and also to speed up archive creation and, in particular, restore. If you're interested in helping I'd be glad to share ideas etc. regarding this latest developments to enable you to review, hack etc. Any help would be highly appreciated. Take care, Jean-Peer -- You received this question notification because you are a member of Simple Backup Maintainers, which is an answer contact for sbackup. _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~nssbackup-team Post to : nssbackup-team@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~nssbackup-team More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp