The thread title pretty much says it all: What is the best compression method for backups?
Due to the...spectacular...hardware failure that my FreeBSD box suffered last month, I've been making plans to perform automated system backups. In addition to the USB ports on the mainboard, this machine also has a PCI Firewire/USB combo card which has an INTERNAL USB port. I purchased a 128GB USB memory stick and plugged it into the internal port and formatted the drive.
I want to do backups using tar(1) and there is a list of compression algorithms to choose from. I know that the fastest would be no compression, but it also takes up the most space as well. So I am looking for a balance between time and space. Some of the compression algorithms I have not heard of before. The list as given in the man page is as follows:
What do you recommend?
Due to the...spectacular...hardware failure that my FreeBSD box suffered last month, I've been making plans to perform automated system backups. In addition to the USB ports on the mainboard, this machine also has a PCI Firewire/USB combo card which has an INTERNAL USB port. I purchased a 128GB USB memory stick and plugged it into the internal port and formatted the drive.
I want to do backups using tar(1) and there is a list of compression algorithms to choose from. I know that the fastest would be no compression, but it also takes up the most space as well. So I am looking for a balance between time and space. Some of the compression algorithms I have not heard of before. The list as given in the man page is as follows:
- xz
- gzip
- bzip2
- lrzip
- lz4
- lzma
- lzop
- compress
What do you recommend?