tapetape (not in faq-o-matic)

2006-05-23 Thread Brian Cuttler
Does anyone have the tape type for the LTO3 (Quantum) ? Are there any other parameters I should tweak to get better performance/utilization ? This is still a reasonable default ? tapebufs 20 I am running the StorEdge C2 jukebox with lto3 drive on a SunFire 280R under Solaris 9 with 4 gig of me

Re: tapetape (not in faq-o-matic)

2006-05-23 Thread Pavel Pragin
Brian Cuttler wrote: Does anyone have the tape type for the LTO3 (Quantum) ? Are there any other parameters I should tweak to get better performance/utilization ? This is still a reasonable default ? tapebufs 20 I am running the StorEdge C2 jukebox with lto3 drive on a SunFire 280R under Sol

Re: tapetape (not in faq-o-matic)

2006-05-23 Thread Joshua Baker-LePain
On Tue, 23 May 2006 at 3:55pm, Brian Cuttler wrote Does anyone have the tape type for the LTO3 (Quantum) ? This is what I use: define tapetype LTO3comp { # All values guesswork :) jlb, 8/31/05 # except blocksize ;) jlb, 9/15/05 length 42 mbytes blocksize 2

Re: tapetape (not in faq-o-matic)

2006-05-23 Thread Jon LaBadie
On Tue, May 23, 2006 at 01:22:02PM -0700, Pavel Pragin wrote: > Brian Cuttler wrote: > > >Does anyone have the tape type for the LTO3 (Quantum) ? > > > >Are there any other parameters I should tweak to get better > >performance/utilization ? > > > >This is still a reasonable default ? > > > >tapeb

Re: tapetape (not in faq-o-matic)

2006-05-23 Thread Pavel Pragin
Jon LaBadie wrote: On Tue, May 23, 2006 at 01:22:02PM -0700, Pavel Pragin wrote: Brian Cuttler wrote: Does anyone have the tape type for the LTO3 (Quantum) ? Are there any other parameters I should tweak to get better performance/utilization ? This is still a reasonable default ? t

Re: tapetape (not in faq-o-matic)

2006-05-24 Thread Paul Bijnens
On 2006-05-23 22:22, Pavel Pragin wrote: Brian Cuttler wrote: Does anyone have the tape type for the LTO3 (Quantum) ? Try using this command to determine tapetype: amtapetype -f /dev/nst0 (/dev/nst0) will be diff for solaris i think When pointing people to this command, please don't forg

Re: tapetape (not in faq-o-matic)

2006-05-24 Thread Brian Cuttler
Jon, On Tue, May 23, 2006 at 05:40:02PM -0400, Jon LaBadie wrote: > On Tue, May 23, 2006 at 01:22:02PM -0700, Pavel Pragin wrote: > > Brian Cuttler wrote: > > > > >Does anyone have the tape type for the LTO3 (Quantum) ? > > > > > >Are there any other parameters I should tweak to get better > > >p

Re: tapetape (not in faq-o-matic)

2006-05-24 Thread Brian Cuttler
Paul, The -e made a huge difference in runtime. For what its worth, here is the result I received. # date ; amtapetype -e 400g -f /dev/rmt/3n ; date Wed May 24 09:23:58 EDT 2006 Writing 2048 Mbyte compresseable data: 33 sec Writing 2048 Mbyte uncompresseable data: 33 sec Estimated time to

Re: tapetape (not in faq-o-matic)

2006-05-24 Thread Jon LaBadie
On Wed, May 24, 2006 at 02:54:34PM -0400, Brian Cuttler wrote: > > Paul, > > The -e made a huge difference in runtime. > > For what its worth, here is the result I received. > > # date ; amtapetype -e 400g -f /dev/rmt/3n ; date > > Wed May 24 09:23:58 EDT 2006 > > Writing 2048 Mbyte compres

Re: tapetape (not in faq-o-matic)

2006-05-25 Thread Brian Cuttler
Jon, On Wed, May 24, 2006 at 07:25:46PM -0400, Jon LaBadie wrote: > On Wed, May 24, 2006 at 02:54:34PM -0400, Brian Cuttler wrote: > > The -e made a huge difference in runtime. > > # date ; amtapetype -e 400g -f /dev/rmt/3n ; date > > Wed May 24 09:23:58 EDT 2006 > > Writing 2048 Mbyte compresse

Re: tapetape (not in faq-o-matic)

2006-05-25 Thread Jon LaBadie
On Thu, May 25, 2006 at 08:49:47AM -0400, Brian Cuttler wrote: > Jon, > > On Wed, May 24, 2006 at 07:25:46PM -0400, Jon LaBadie wrote: > > On Wed, May 24, 2006 at 02:54:34PM -0400, Brian Cuttler wrote: > > > The -e made a huge difference in runtime. > > > # date ; amtapetype -e 400g -f /dev/rmt/3n

Re: tapetape (not in faq-o-matic)

2006-05-25 Thread Brian Cuttler
Jon, On Thu, May 25, 2006 at 10:33:48AM -0400, Jon LaBadie wrote: > Well, actually a little different. I got my Ultrium 1 from ebay and > like a kid with a new toy ran several tapetypes on it. Three different > physical tapes (two brands), one two times, and with 3 different block > sizes, and

Re: tapetape (not in faq-o-matic)

2006-05-25 Thread Joshua Baker-LePain
On Thu, 25 May 2006 at 10:44am, Brian Cuttler wrote slow for this drive. I just have to perform a number of dumps and check the actual speed if its below the shoe-shine limit... what is that for this drive anyway, with the noise in my computer room I'm not certain that I'll be able to hear it if