Iulian Topliceanu wrote:
I'm running amtapetype right now but it might take some time (days maybe)
You did read the man-page where it states:
... The -e flag is there to keep the number of file marks down because they can be slow (since they force the drive to flush all its buffers to physical media).
For a 40 Gbyte drive, you should:
amtapetype -e 40g -f /dev/...
Instead of days, it takes 4-7 hours maybe (time to write a full tape twice).
I see:
Writing 256 Mbyte compressable data: 35 sec Writing 256 Mbyte uncompresabble data: 105 sec
How do I set hardware compression on in my amanda.conf? Or where do I set it on?
1. You already have hardware compression on.
2. There is no parameter in amanda.conf to turn it on. It is very OS-specific how to turn it off. See also (for linux): http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=amanda-users&m=105370407826462&w=2 http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=amanda-users&m=97671505027309&w=2
3. You better set hw-compr off when using software compression at the
same time (or your tape capacity will be 20% lower). Look in the
archives for the eternal disucussion about the advantages and disadvantages of software vs hardware compression.
For a start read:
http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=amanda-users&m=108150730118379&w=2
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