Re: Approx. restore time estimate

2009-09-15 Thread jaymax
I was wondering if 24, 48, 72 hrs or even a lifetime was the order of time. I am now approaching 24 hrs. probably wait until my geriatric years and come back to look at the machine ... lol!!! Or would I have been better off using dd if=/dev/* of=output/path/filename [options] All other things

Re: Approx. restore time estimate

2009-09-14 Thread Lars Eighner
On Mon, 14 Sep 2009, jaymax wrote: I do not expect an exact or precise answer here, given all the subjective dependent parameters. Just a rough ballpark approximation, what time frame should a restore occur in? param :- an ~1Ghz system, running 6.x O/S, dumpfile ~ 30 Gb, UFS2 file systems

Re: Approx. restore time estimate

2009-09-14 Thread jaymax
Thanks! That might explain. Is there an alternate process you would recommend with at least equal reliability. BTW I should have mentioned that I was restoring from a disk file rather than from a tape Thanks again. --- Lars Eighner-2 wrote: On Mon, 14 Sep 2009, jaymax wrote: I

Re: Approx. restore time estimate

2009-09-14 Thread Lars Eighner
On Mon, 14 Sep 2009, jaymax wrote: Thanks! That might explain. Is there an alternate process you would recommend with at least equal reliability. I don't know of anything that isn't a bigger can of worms in a file system of any complexity to speak of. BTW I should have mentioned that I

Re: Approx. restore time estimate

2009-09-14 Thread Kurt Buff
On Mon, Sep 14, 2009 at 16:36, jaymax jayma...@gmail.com wrote: Thanks! That might explain. Is there an alternate process you would recommend with at least equal reliability. BTW I should have mentioned that I was restoring from a disk file rather than from a tape Thanks again. IME,