On 15 Sep 2006 at 16:20, Jeff LaCoursiere wrote: > > > On Fri, 15 Sep 2006, Dan Langille wrote: > > > Large volumes on *disk* slow down the restore if you're trying to get > > one file back. GREATLY. Try it. I suggest smaller volumes. e.g. > > 2GB. > > Yup, not only have I tried it, but it was question 1) in my original post. > It doesn't make any sense, really. Files on disk can be lseek()'ed > directly to the appropriate block, and the catalog really should contain > the block within the volume to seek to. It should be instant. I am a bit > confused as to why it is not.
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