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From: grr@cbmvax.commodore.com (George Robbins)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.ultrix
Subject: Re: _slow_ rdump
Message-ID: <15145@cbmvax.commodore.com>
Date: 14 Oct 90 03:32:44 GMT
References: <8844@pitt.UUCP>
Reply-To: grr@cbmvax.commodore.com (George Robbins)
Organization: Commodore, West Chester, PA
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In article <8844@pitt.UUCP> field@elvis.cs.pitt.edu (Gus) writes:
> 
> Last night I tried dumping a 300 MB file system to tape (via rdump) from
> a Decstation 3100 (Ultrix 3.1) to a  1/4" SCSI tape drive hanging off
> a Sun3 (4.0.3).  rdump reported this would take 24 hours!  Is anyone
> else using a similiar setup and getting resonable backup times?  How
> can I get the 3100 to stream to the remote tape?

When I tried this, the dump wasn't as slow as the prediction...

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