Re: Backup Restore (Was: Re: Getting started with Tarsnap) (fwd)

[Daniel Staal <DStaal@usa.net>]

Bringing the response back to the list.

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Date: February 13, 2014 11:27:50 PM +0530
From: Vijay Barnwal <barnwal8@gmail.com>
To: Daniel Staal <DStaal@usa.net>
Subject: Re: Backup Restore (Was: Re: Getting started with Tarsnap)

Hi Daniel,

Its taking approx 20 minutes for a directory of 200MB.

I dont know how it take that much of time can you please guide me for
all the commands for restore and backups?

Thanks,
Vijay

On 2/13/14, Daniel Staal <DStaal@usa.net> wrote:
> This really should be started in a new thread...
>
> --As of February 13, 2014 6:09:57 PM +0530, Vijay Barnwal is alleged to
> have said:
>
> > I have a problem with restore a particular directory from tarsnap backup.
> > Its taking too much time to restore a directory from archive backup.
> > Please Help me to resolve this.
> > My command is tarsnap -x -f backup backupPath
> >
> >
> > Please tell me the command for fast restore.
>
> --As for the rest, it is mine.
>
> Define 'too much time': How fast is the restore going?
>
> Tarsnap is *online* backups - it has to download the data to do a restore.
> The problem could be your connection, the server, something upstream, etc.
> It's possible there's a problem Colin can/should fix, but that can't be
> determined from your posting.  We need to know exactly what you are
> seeing.
>
> There are a couple options which can slow down your restore, but you'd
> have
>
> to set them in the config file for them to being slowing you down, so I
> doubt there are any options you could set that could significantly speed
> things up.
>
> Daniel T. Staal
>
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