Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!swrinde!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!think.com!eplunix!das From: das@eplunix.UUCP (David Steffens) Newsgroups: comp.unix.internals Subject: Re: Why is restore so slow? Message-ID: <1022@eplunix.UUCP> Date: 4 Feb 91 19:46:57 GMT References: <19023@rpp386.cactus.org> Organization: Eaton-Peabody Lab, Boston, MA Lines: 15 In article <19023@rpp386.cactus.org>, jfh@rpp386.cactus.org (John F Haugh II) says: > Futhermore, you will find little consolation from your boss who doesn't > understand why 300 EDP employees are sitting on their hands while you > restore that =one= file they use so frequently. Your boss will be even _more_ annoyed with you when he discovers that you _cannot_ restore that file because you (or your OS vendor) mucked around with dump/restore in order to "improve performance", successfully trading reliability for some piddling increase in speed! -- David Allan Steffens | I believe in learning from past mistakes... Eaton-Peabody Laboratory | ...but does a good education require so many? Mass. Eye & Ear Infirmary, 243 Charles Street, Boston, MA 02114 {harvard,mit-eddie,think}!eplunix!das (617) 573-3748 (1400-1900h EST)