Amanda-Users

Re: hardware vs software compression (was Re: amflush/amcheck not in sync?)

2003-04-25 13:20:04
Subject: Re: hardware vs software compression (was Re: amflush/amcheck not in sync?)
From: Steve Thompson <smt AT lookout.corning DOT com>
To: Russell Adams <RLAdams AT kelsey-seybold DOT com>
Date: Fri, 25 Apr 2003 13:13:35 -0400 (EDT)
On Fri, 25 Apr 2003, Russell Adams wrote:

> Arg!
> 
> We put in the extra buses (KZPBA), one per TL892 library, to give them plenty
> of bandwidth... Obviously they are underutilized.
> 
> Is that 8MB/s per drive? I wish! ;]

Yes, per drive. With all six running simultaneously, I have seen 50 MB/sec
from disk to tape.

Steve
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