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List:       secure-shell
Subject:    Re: tape backups over SSH
From:       mark () salfrd ! ac ! uk (Mark Powell)
Date:       1998-11-25 13:54:30
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In article <73g48k$e7r$1@news.chaven.com>,
Stephen Costaras  <stevecs@chaven.com> wrote:
>
>Or you can get the GNU tar program (1.12) and just use it like:
>
>tar --rsh-command=/usr/sbin/ssh --tape-length=(length of tape in bytes) \
>	-cvpMf host:/dev/st0 /
>
>which will backup everything from root on the system you're on to the
>host 'host' and the device /dev/st0.  Works great, expecially when 
>you have multi-tape backups.  

Tar throughput over a network can be greatly increased using:

src.doc.ic.ac.uk/packages/buffer

I use a buffer at end of the network socket:

tar ... | buffer | ssh host buffer -o <tape-drive>

Also, use a fastest encryption method, which in 1.2.26 is blowfish, for
backups.



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