[BlueOnyx:17616] Re: cmu.xml

[Tom]

Michael Stauber <mstauber at ...> writes:

> 
> Hi Tom,
> 
> > But then wouldn't all the XML files not get compressed 
> > and be a lot larger, and take longer to ftp to a backup drive?
> 
> Depends. XML files can be compressed pretty well. But all XML files
> together aren't that big anyway. The only "real" time saver is that
> during the FTP transfer it is a lot faster to move just one file (the
> tarball with the XML files) than to FTP a lot of small individual XML 
files.
> 
> All in all it doesn't really matter that much if the XML files are
> compressed or not.
> 

Good to know. I don't care if it takes a little longer to transfer the 
backup files back and forth. I just want to make a migration or restore 
easier.
Thanks