Linux and data storage?

[Steve Holmes]

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Ahh this fear of compression! Can't say for sure about over the net
between the two machines (shell world and your web host) but I know
for sure that files transferred via a 56K modem are compressed in
transit and then decompressed as they spill onto your computer so at
the day you wish to pull those files down to a local machine of yours
over the modem, guess what, compression will be there like it or not.
If I were a system administrator preparing to transfer someone's files
over to another location, I would use tar, compress it with the gzip
or bzip2 option and ship that over and then do likewise to unpack it;
no questions asked.  This situation is 100% reliable! I havenever
lost data in the 20 years I've been computing due to any file
compression.  Now since rsync has been discussed here as a viable
method of transferring files and keeping them in sync in the future, I
recall there being a "compress on the fly" option and I would
incourage its use simply to move things more quickly.  But that is an
option in itself.

On Tue, Sep 28, 2004 at 07:32:50AM -0400, Karen Lewellen wrote:
> Thanks Hart,
> You are kind to stand up for me but there is no need.  The data is not 
> going to be compressed period.
> There is not one soul on this list who can move me as to this.  Call me 
> whatever you like, but I have reasons not to trust the insolation over 
> there,  and have already said that  once I have  my own setup fully 
> knowledgeable of the tools at hand, I can  consider this option then.  Not 
> now however.
> Karen
> 
> On Mon, 27 Sep 2004, Hart Larry wrote:
> 
> >Well, in standing up for Karen for a second, I know that if you run zip 
> >with other switches you can ruin the file.  For example, if you convert to 
> >ascii or even automaticly nuke the files upon completion.  I know as I 
> >have done these.
> >Also, from what I've heard you may only save %4 while compressing wave or 
> >mp3s
> >Hart
> >
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