>However, the first pass of tapetype took 304793 seconds to write
>"3513152 32Kb blocks in 103328 files", which is a paltry 368 KB/s.  That
>is a large discrepancy in expected vs. actual performance.
>
>Eric

There are other factors. What else is the machine doing? Does the bus support 
that speed etc.

My HP-SureStore-DLT 40i is rated at 1.5 Mb/s which is 5.4 Gb an hour.
In uncompressed mode (which is how you are suppose run tapetype) it took 8 
hours to do a type.
Which is about right for 2 passes at 20Gb each pass.

I'm using the RPMs that are on RedHat.

Mike


Cheers,
Mike
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