Hello,

Some "real" data for LTO4 :
STATISTICS:
                          Total       Full      Incr.
                        --------   --------   --------
Estimate Time (hrs:min)    0:06
Run Time (hrs:min)         1:57
Dump Time (hrs:min)        1:28       1:21       0:07
Output Size (meg)      181368.1   178690.5     2677.6
Original Size (meg)    181368.1   178690.5     2677.6
Avg Compressed Size (%)     --         --         --    (level:#disks
...)
Filesystems Dumped           43         12         31   (1:31)
Avg Dump Rate (k/s)     35031.4    37451.2     6595.0

Tape Time (hrs:min)        1:19       1:17       0:02
Tape Size (meg)        181368.1   178690.5     2677.6
Tape Used (%)              22.6       22.3        0.3   (level:#disks
...)
Filesystems Taped            43         12         31   (1:31)
Avg Tp Write Rate (k/s) 39421.3    39850.4    22939.1

USAGE BY TAPE:
  Label               Time      Size      %    Nb
  sauvedata_009       1:19   181368M   22.6    43


Regards

JP Pozzi

On Mon, 2008-10-27 at 12:28 -0400, Nick Brockner wrote:
> Howdy,
> 
> Time to replace the aging DAT changer.
> 
> Just looking for some input on what LTO3/4 drives (or libraries) work well 
> with 
> amanda.
> 
> Thanks in advance,
> Nick
> 
> �
>