-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Fri, Jun 09, 2006 at 05:38:30PM -0500, Steve wrote: > >>But I would be *very* interested to know how you could calculate the > >>total throughput of a random drive if you *did* know the fixed block size. > > > >Knowing the blocksize used, I would just tell him to use "mt setblk" > >to the same block size, then use "dump" to dump a random ammount > >of that to the tape. Dump will provide you with the throughtput rate > >you want. > > > >If you don't know the blocksize, or if you are using variable (0), > >you really can't measure it outside the specific application you > >are using to write the data to the tape. > > > Seems like it would be easier to just run it through something like > buffer, mbuffer, or dbuffer and have one of those report the value > second by second, in kilobytes per second. Should work too, but is it possible to do with the application he is using ? Actually, what IS the application he is using ? - -- Rodrigo Barbosa "Quid quid Latine dictum sit, altum viditur" "Be excellent to each other ..." - Bill & Ted (Wyld Stallyns) -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.1 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFEifySpdyWzQ5b5ckRApWkAKCsUL5A1+WBsBpRVKr+ebSU55dbsQCggPKu 3WY8b6g0ERqwlvkupHdxfKg= =gCxu -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----