Rich Rauenzahn wrote: > For example, to compress a 5,861,382 byte mp3 file with bzip2 -9 takes > 3.3 seconds. That's 1,776,176 bytes/sec. Rich, I just tried bzip'ing an ogg file and found that it got slightly larger. The reason, I believe, is that formats like ogg, mp3, mpg, etc. are already compressed. You might want to run some tests yourself to see whether or not it makes sense for you to be compressing your backups.
-Rob ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX and a browser. Download your FREE copy of Splunk now >> http://get.splunk.com/ _______________________________________________ BackupPC-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/
