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On Sun, 2007-04-08 at 13:56 -0400, Gene Heskett wrote: > On Sunday 08 April 2007, Mike Galbraith wrote: > >On Sun, 2007-04-08 at 07:33 -0400, Gene Heskett wrote: > >> That seems to be the killer loading here, building a kernel (make -j3) > >> doesn't seem to lag it all that bad. One session of gzip -best makes > >> it fall plumb over though, which was a disappointment. > > > >Can you make a testcase that doesn't require amanda? > > > > -Mike > > Sure. Try 'tar czf nameofarchive.tar.gz /path/to-dir-to-be-backed-up' > > Or, from the runtar log from this morning, and this is all one line: > > runtar.20070408022016.debug:running: /bin/tar: 'gtar' '--create' '--file' '-' '--directory' '/usr/dlds-rpms' '--one-file-system' '--listed-incremental' '/usr/local/var/amanda/gnutar-lists/coyote_usr_dlds-rpms_1.new' '--sparse' '--ignore-failed-read' '--totals' '--exclude-from' '/tmp/amanda/sendbackup._usr_dlds-rpms.20070408022016.exclude' '.' > > and amanda will if requested, pipe that output through a |gzip -best, and > its this process that brings the machine to the table begging for scraps > like a puppy. Tar by itself can be felt but isn't bad. So tar -cvf - / | gzip --best | tar -tvzf - should reproduce the problem? -Mike - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/ | |||||||||
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