On Fri, 2005-12-30 at 08:36 -0800, Joel Jaeggli wrote: > On Fri, 30 Dec 2005, Angus MacGyver wrote: > > <snip> > > > > > [root@hostname data_backups]# du -sh * > > 19G data > > 17G data.tar.gz > > Ok, so whatever you have in data is only compressible by 11% using gzip, > it's entirely possible that the compression algorythm used by your tape > drive actually end up making it larger. > > > 1.9G mail > > 494M mail.tar.gz Yeah, just as I had started to figure... I just now need to figure out if my MP3s are worth backing up. (and change just how I store date) To all that replied, Thanks, at least I know I am not going mad... One thing to note.. Amanda does give wildly different results to the dump when it comes to how much data I can get onto the tape. (i.e. many G less than Dump) AM > > > > > > > Angus MacGyver <macgyver@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
