Solaris 9, Amanda 2.4.4, gtar 1.15.1, gzip 1.3.5 A query,
We recently switched to tar rather than ufsdump for a large partition on one of our systems (Thanks Jon LaBadie for working through the exclude lists with me) and dumps are working well, in terms of fitting on the tapes. We had a problem with performance though, 18 hours of wall clock time. Last night we disabled indexing and the wall clock time dropped to 10 hours. I'd thought, perhaps mistakenly, that indexing kept a list of the files being backed up, and was aware that that index was also being zipped, but I'd figured that it was a small amount of data and the additional processes on the system wouldn't amount to much. Either they did amount to something significant, or we just got very lucky with last night's backups (the scientific test would be to turn indexing back on and see...). What really happens when GTAR INDEXING is enabled ? thank you, Brian --- Brian R Cuttler [EMAIL PROTECTED] Computer Systems Support (v) 518 486-1697 Wadsworth Center (f) 518 473-6384 NYS Department of Health Help Desk 518 473-0773 IMPORTANT NOTICE: This e-mail and any attachments may contain confidential or sensitive information which is, or may be, legally privileged or otherwise protected by law from further disclosure. It is intended only for the addressee. If you received this in error or from someone who was not authorized to send it to you, please do not distribute, copy or use it or any attachments. Please notify the sender immediately by reply e-mail and delete this from your system. Thank you for your cooperation.