Its I/O and CPU bound. with new processors the CPU constraint is not as much of an issue which would leave it an I/O bound process. If you have an older machine or a ridiculous disk array then it would be CPU bound.
In my past experience it has helped a great deal to use the gzip or bzip compression over just a plain tar archive. On Mon, Nov 10, 2008 at 9:43 AM, jdawg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I have a job that runs every Saturday morning on one of our Servers. > It job is to backup all of our vobs. The job is getting longer and longer > > My question to you: the tar cz command, (or tar gzip combo), in your > experience, is it more I/O bound or CPU bound, or both? > My guess is that it is I/O bound. > > -- > Happy Trails! > Jerry (K7AZJ) > Hobbit Name: Pimpernel Loamsdown > Registered Linux User: 275424 > This email's random fortune: > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > -- A mouse trap, placed on top of your alarm clock, will prevent you from rolling over and going back to sleep after you hit the snooze button. Stephen --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss
