Re: Approx. restore time estimate
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 being equal, would the removal of the "restore" overheads be significant relative to those from dd . Thanks Lars Eighner-2 wrote: > > 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 was restoring from a disk file rather >> than from a tape > > I was speaking of disk to disk. > > -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/Approx.-restore-time-estimate-tp25443580p25457128.html Sent from the freebsd-questions mailing list archive at Nabble.com. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
Re: Approx. restore time estimate
On Mon, Sep 14, 2009 at 16:36, jaymax 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, restoring from disk or tape makes little difference, if you're doing a full restore, and once the restore process is up and running. The bigger bottleneck is the write speed of the disk(s) you're restoring to - it's always slower to write than to read, often by a very large margin. Kurt ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
Re: Approx. restore time estimate
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 was restoring from a disk file rather than from a tape I was speaking of disk to disk. -- Lars Eighner http://www.larseighner.com/index.html 8800 N IH35 APT 1191 AUSTIN TX 78753-5266 ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
Re: Approx. restore time estimate
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 cannot begin to give you a number in the ballpark, all I can tell you is > that restore *is* very, very slow and lacks reassuring progress > indicators. > > -- > Lars Eighner > http://www.larseighner.com/index.html > 8800 N IH35 APT 1191 AUSTIN _ > > -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/Approx.-restore-time-estimate-tp25443580p25445497.html Sent from the freebsd-questions mailing list archive at Nabble.com. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
Re: Approx. restore time estimate
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 w/ default blocksize, target directory 400 Gb w/ > 190 Gb free capacity, minimal use system booted from Fixit Just wanted to get an idea if I am going anywhere or workig fast being stuck somewhere or nowhere. I cannot begin to give you a number in the ballpark, all I can tell you is that restore *is* very, very slow and lacks reassuring progress indicators. -- Lars Eighner http://www.larseighner.com/index.html 8800 N IH35 APT 1191 AUSTIN TX 78753-5266 ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
Approx. restore time estimate
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 w/ default blocksize, target directory 400 Gb w/ > 190 Gb free capacity, minimal use system booted from Fixit Just wanted to get an idea if I am going anywhere or workig fast being stuck somewhere or nowhere. Thanks -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/Approx.-restore-time-estimate-tp25443580p25443580.html Sent from the freebsd-questions mailing list archive at Nabble.com. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
