Hi, backu...@kosowsky.org wrote on 2013-07-23 09:01:09 -0400 [Re: [BackupPC-users] Move BackupPC "TopDir" To New Larger Hard Drive]: > Aaron Cossey wrote at about 14:13:26 +0200 on Tuesday, July 23, 2013: > > Sorry but all those pipes are going to slow the transfer > > needlessly. > > While I too use SIGINFO, I doubt the extra pv pipe will slow anything > down given that disk read/write is by FAR the rate limiting step...
well, yes, but the pipes *do* mean data has to be copied around needlessly, which does come at *some* cost (possibly CPU load). My recommendation would be dd_rescue, which shows you progress, handles read errors, has a less error prone command line syntax ... Regards, Holger ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ See everything from the browser to the database with AppDynamics Get end-to-end visibility with application monitoring from AppDynamics Isolate bottlenecks and diagnose root cause in seconds. Start your free trial of AppDynamics Pro today! http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=48808831&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk _______________________________________________ BackupPC-users mailing list BackupPC-users@lists.sourceforge.net List: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users Wiki: http://backuppc.wiki.sourceforge.net Project: http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/
