Messages in this thread | | | From | "Ulrich Windl" <> | Date | Mon, 25 Mar 1996 16:30:33 +0100 | Subject | Re: Zftape in kernel ? |
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On 25 Mar 96 at 10:19, root wrote:
> > > Compression means "software compression a la gzip"? I don't see why > > compression has to happen inside the driver. You can do it in > > hardware or at user-level. > > Using gzip runs the risk of losing all of your backup data. zftape does > block level compression so losing some blocks won't be nearly as bad as > losing your entire backup. Obviously a block under zftape will represent > a bit more data than a block written with ftape. > > I had mentioned to the ftape author that integrating the features of > zftape back into ftape would be really nice and would eliminate the need > for two separate packages floating around. > > Greg.
I see.
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