From: Kern Sibbald Date: Fri, 16 Mar 2012 10:20:52 +0000 (+0100) Subject: Tweak LZO documentation X-Git-Url: https://git.sur5r.net/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=dc8c7bab084a09dc796e8a34dcf9be5dec461535;p=bacula%2Fdocs Tweak LZO documentation --- diff --git a/docs/manuals/en/main/newfeatures.tex b/docs/manuals/en/main/newfeatures.tex index 1ad2af5a..11a24f05 100644 --- a/docs/manuals/en/main/newfeatures.tex +++ b/docs/manuals/en/main/newfeatures.tex @@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ is required for the Enterprise version. \section{LZO Compression} -LZO compression was added in the Unix File Daemon. From the user point of view, +LZO compression has been to the File daemon. From the user's point of view, it works like the GZIP compression (just replace {\bf compression=GZIP} with {\bf compression=LZO}). @@ -37,12 +37,12 @@ Include { } \end{verbatim} -LZO provides much faster compression and decompression speed but lower +LZO provides a much faster compression and decompression speed but lower compression ratio than GZIP. It is a good option when you backup to disk. For -tape, the built-in compression may be a better option. +tape, the hardware compression is almost always a better option. LZO is a good altenative for GZIP1 when you don't want to slow down your -backup. On a modern CPU it should be able to run almost as fast as: +backup. With a modern CPU it should be able to run almost as fast as: \begin{itemize} \item your client can read data from disk. Unless you have very fast disks like @@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ backup. On a modern CPU it should be able to run almost as fast as: a 1Gb/s link. \end{itemize} -Note that bacula only use one compression level LZO1X-1. +Note, Bacula uses compression level LZO1X-1. \medskip The code for this feature was contributed by Laurent Papier.