Re: [MLUG] backup techniques

[Mark Rages <EMAIL:PROTECTED>]

--- Matthew Todd <EMAIL:PROTECTED> wrote:
> in backing up a system, i've been using just a
> general tar.  but i was
> wondering if it was safe to compress them.  i know i
> have a couple of
> compressed files already and if i compress them
> along with the rest of the
> files i'm chancing losing some data.
> 
> i'm guessing there's some tools for system backups
> but just the same, is
> compression good for large archive files that may
> already contain compressed
> files.
> 
> any suggestions?
> 
> -matt
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I'd recommend lzip ( http://lzip.sourceforge.net )
It's quite fast, and i have seen it make gzipped files
50% smaller.

Regards,
Mark


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