On Thu, Sep 12, 2002 at 08:28:29AM -0700, rmckeever wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> Im learning amanda so thanks for your time. 
> 
> What does this mean when running tapetype:
> 
> # ./tapetype -f /dev/rmt/1ln
> wrote 2266437 32Kb blocks in 6931 files in 28845 seconds (short write)
> wrote 1826089 32Kb blocks in 11203 files in 27217 seconds (short 
> write)
> define tapetype unknown-tapetype {
>     comment "just produced by tapetype program"
>     length 93147 mbytes
>     filemark 3298 kbytes
>     speed 2330 kps
> }
> 

It means you got VERY different results than 2 others who put
their results into the Faq-O-Matic.

You got twice the capacity, half the speed, and a substantial
waste of space between files compared to their results.

> Should I really use that? 
> We have a :
> SONY SDX-500C with a 15 slot stacker SPECTRA 215 1019

1) is it reproducible?
2) are you certain compression was turned off?
3) do the numbers (capacity, speed) seem reasonable?
4) can you explain the difference between your results
   and the previously listed ones?  (tape size, eg longer,
   technology, eg. xyz-2 vs xyz-1, slow, narrow scsi)

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