12 Mar
2011
12 Mar
'11
7:03 a.m.
On Wed, Mar 09, 2011 at 01:49:58PM -0800, Al Kossow wrote:
On 3/9/11 1:32 PM, Shoppa, Tim wrote:
You can still get that by using a format that does file level compression,
like afio. This also limits data loss in the case of corrupted bits to just
the file directly afflicted, which is why I use that format for my backups.
Kind regards,
Alex.
--
"Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and
looks like work." -- Thomas A. Edison
OTOH I keep all of my images compressed, precisely
because I want to know if any copy has been corrupted.
Another use for uncompressed archives (mainly tape backup images) is you can create a
file that contains
a directory of the contents and a offset to the file header, and have very fast access
within the tape image.
You can't do that if the image has been compressed.