* Nick Brockner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [20081107 11:53]: > LTO4 does not shoe-shine, it has variable speed motors.
yes, you're right but it will stream for xfer rate in the range of 40-120MBs, at least for HP drives. Dunno about the others. cheers, jf > > -Nick > > Jean-Francois Malouin wrote: > >* [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [20081106 14:56]: > >>Hello, > >> > >>Some "real" data for LTO4 : > >>STATISTICS: > >> Total Full Incr. > >> -------- -------- -------- > >>Estimate Time (hrs:min) 0:06 > >>Run Time (hrs:min) 1:57 > >>Dump Time (hrs:min) 1:28 1:21 0:07 > >>Output Size (meg) 181368.1 178690.5 2677.6 > >>Original Size (meg) 181368.1 178690.5 2677.6 > >>Avg Compressed Size (%) -- -- -- (level:#disks > >>...) > >>Filesystems Dumped 43 12 31 (1:31) > >>Avg Dump Rate (k/s) 35031.4 37451.2 6595.0 > >> > >>Tape Time (hrs:min) 1:19 1:17 0:02 > >>Tape Size (meg) 181368.1 178690.5 2677.6 > >>Tape Used (%) 22.6 22.3 0.3 (level:#disks > >>...) > >>Filesystems Taped 43 12 31 (1:31) > >>Avg Tp Write Rate (k/s) 39421.3 39850.4 22939.1 > > ^^^^^^^^ > > |-> Eeek! > > > >If this is indeed for a LTO4, you are shoe-shinning big time! > >You will wear out the tape heads very very rapidly... > > > >jf > > > >>USAGE BY TAPE: > >> Label Time Size % Nb > >> sauvedata_009 1:19 181368M 22.6 43 > >> > >> > >>Regards > >> > >>JP Pozzi > >> > >>On Mon, 2008-10-27 at 12:28 -0400, Nick Brockner wrote: > >>>Howdy, > >>> > >>>Time to replace the aging DAT changer. > >>> > >>>Just looking for some input on what LTO3/4 drives (or libraries) work > >>>well with amanda. > >>> > >>>Thanks in advance, > >>>Nick > >>> > >>>� > >>> > > -- <° >< Jean-François Malouin McConnell Brain Imaging Centre System/Network Administrator Montréal Neurological Institute 3801 Rue University, Suite WB219, Montréal, Québec, H3A 2B4, Canada