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SubjectRe: Zftape in kernel ?
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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