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AIX DLT7000 block size?

1998-05-12 12:13:52
Subject: AIX DLT7000 block size?
From: Craig Bell <rcbell AT US.IBM DOT COM>
Date: Tue, 12 May 1998 12:13:52 -0400
The blocksize specified in SMIT  under "ADSM devices"  is a misnomer.  It only
comes up
with 1024 as a default, and is what is used for utilities such as tar.   ADSM
sets the blocksize
internally, and in V3 it is 256K for DLTs.

Craig Bell
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