On Wed March 12 2003 14:12, Brian Cuttler wrote:
>I realize this isn't the correct forum, but as long as
>your are already on the subject I'm hoping you will not
>mind too much.

I'd guess thats since it has to do with tape, it should come under 
our umbrella.

>I have one system, just one, that I do not run amanda on
>but perform backups of. Its a Redhat Linux rel 7.2, code
>name Inigma, kernel 2.4.9.3-1, with a DLT 8000 drive. We
>are running out of tape during our nightly dump and can't
>seem to figure out the correct drive parameters to either
>use better blocking or turn on compression.
>
>Yes, I've been following this discussion but we haven't
>been successful.
>
>Current command is
>
># dump 0udsf 49125 67854 /dev/nst0 /iarcvol
>(I'm not primary on that system, I'm not really sure where
> these values originated but have been involved in testing
> tweeking them).

Hoo boy, a dump user.  Ok all you dump experts, jump right in. :-)
Me, I'm a tar user, so I have no idea what all those options might 
mean.

>Only about 18 of the 25 gig make it to tape and a DLT8000
>should have sufficient capacity to dump all the date with
>room to spare.
>
>                                               thanks,
>
>                                               Brian
>
>> Gene Heskett wrote:
[and snipped]

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