[Veritas-bu] Space on tape
2002-08-07 18:33:23
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I'm trying to figure out how may tape blocks are being occupied by a set of
images (we're trying to guess at the compressability of our database and
make inferences to a new one coming online soon).
All NB should know about is blocks moved, right? The drive is doing the
compression.
The only guess I have right now is to do a non-mpx backup to a set of new
tapes, feed the tapes in, then use dd to copy the files to /dev/null and
find out how many blocks are read. Seems like a lot of trouble.
I'm also doing a software compressed backup and finding out how many blocks
are moved that way - it's not apples & oranges but still more like oranges &
lemons - somewhere in the ballpark.
Any other ideas?
-M
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<P><FONT SIZE=3D2>I'm trying to figure out how may tape blocks are =
being occupied by a set of images (we're trying to guess at the =
compressability of our database and make inferences to a new one coming =
online soon).</FONT></P>
<P><FONT SIZE=3D2>All NB should know about is blocks moved, =
right? The drive is doing the compression. </FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=3D2>The only guess I have right now is to do a non-mpx =
backup to a set of new tapes, feed the tapes in, then use dd to copy =
the files to /dev/null and find out how many blocks are read. =
Seems like a lot of trouble.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT SIZE=3D2>I'm also doing a software compressed backup and =
finding out how many blocks are moved that way - it's not apples & =
oranges but still more like oranges & lemons - somewhere in the =
ballpark.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT SIZE=3D2>Any other ideas?</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>-M</FONT>
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