-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 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. []s - -- Rodrigo Barbosa "Quid quid Latine dictum sit, altum viditur" "Be excellent to each other ..." - Bill & Ted (Wyld Stallyns) -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.5 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFE56YfpdyWzQ5b5ckRAt3IAJ49u57vp8XI1oKOVi5TrC3Jccj4jACcCAh3 iD3ikfU/J7F5mxvNslBAvw4= =2NHp -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----