Rohit wrote:

Btw, how do I get these details for my tape? What I use is HP-DAT DDS3 (C5708A) 12/24 GB tape.

Take a blank tape, and run:

        amtapetype -e 12g -f /dev/YourTapeDevice

This takes about 4-5 hours to run.

Or, your could use a good conservative approximation like:

define tapetype DDS3 {
    comment "DDS3 tape drives"
    length 11500 mbytes
    filemark 111 kbytes
    speed 2500 kbytes
}

Running "amtapetype" yourself at least once is good to check
the rest of the values and if they make sense.  E.g. a very low
speed (compared to what the manufacturer specifies) is a possible
hint that your server is not fast enough.  It also detects
if you have hardware compression enabled.

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