[CentOS] Tape backup question.
Rodrigo Barbosa
rodrigob at darkover.org
Sun Aug 20 00:00:31 UTC 2006
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On Sat, Aug 19, 2006 at 06:44:22PM +0200, Morten Torstensen wrote:
> Rodrigo Barbosa wrote:
> > mode1 blocksize=512 compression=1
> > mode2 blocksize=1024 compression=1
>
> Never tested it in Linux, but I've always found it better with new fast
> tape devices to use larger blocksizes, or variable size. Have you
> benchmarked the speed with blocksize=0 (variable) or 10K or 20K?
Yeah, gets much faster, but I need the cross platform compatibility
I get with blocksize 512.
I actually use 32K on some DLT drives.
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