Robin Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > dump -0 -f - /dev/yourfilesystem |bzip2 -c >dump.bz
I compressed a filesystem dump (on Athlon 64/3200+, i386 OS) and bzip2 compressed to 50% of 2 GB in 1118 sec gzip compressed to 52% of 2 GB in 306 sec But bzip2 can compress much better than that on some stuff. If your goal is a small backup, bzip compresses better. If your goal is a quick backup to disk, gzip is faster. If your goal is a quick backup to tape, bzip is faster because tape is so slow, unless your CPU can't keep up. _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"