Brian McCann wrote: > Hi all...I'm having a conceptual problem I can't get around and > was hoping someone can change my focus here. I've been backing up > roughly 6-8 million small files (roughly 2-4k each) using dump, but > restores take forever due to the huge number of files and directories. > Luckily, I haven't had to restore for an emergency yet...but if I > need to, I'm kinda stuck. I've looked at distributed file systems > like CODA, but the number of files I have to deal with will make it > choke. Can anyone offer any suggestions? I've pondered running > rsync, but am very worried about how long that will take...
Do the files change a lot, or is it more like a few files added/changed every day, and the bulk don't change? If it's the latter, you could maybe get best performance from something like Subversion (a CVS derivative). Though I suspect rsync would also do well in that case. If a ton of those files are changing all the time, try doing a test on creating a tarball and then backing up the tarball. That may be a simple managable solution. There are probably other more complex solutions of which I am ignorant :-) -- Like Music? http://l-i-e.com/artists.htm _______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
