Ian Turner schrieb:
> Stephan,
> 
> The main thing that I can recommend is to give the new beta release a try. It 
> features a near-complete rewrite of taper, including all the device-buffering 
> code. Amongst other things, the tapebufs parameter is deprecated in favor of 
> a new device_output_buffer_size parameter, which is specified in kilobytes.
> 
> If you still have performance problems with the new code, let me know.

Thanks for the suggestion and the offer, Ian.

I am currently writing a gentoo-ebuild for the current beta to give it a
 try here soon.

Any suggestion for the new parameter device_output_buffer_size,
especially with the DLT8000?

Regards, Stefan