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Re: [Bacula-users] Is anyone using >128K blocks with LTO-4 or LTO-5 drives?

2013-09-20 10:21:27
Subject: Re: [Bacula-users] Is anyone using >128K blocks with LTO-4 or LTO-5 drives?
From: "Rao, Uthra R. (GSFC-672.0)[ADNET SYSTEMS INC]" <uthra.r.rao AT nasa DOT gov>
To: Alan Brown <ajb2 AT mssl.ucl.ac DOT uk>, Andreas Koch <koch AT esa.informatik.tu-darmstadt DOT de>
Date: Fri, 20 Sep 2013 14:18:28 +0000
I am curious to find out if I change the block size will I be able to go back 
and restore data from tapes that has the old block size?

Thanks,
URao

-----Original Message-----
From: Alan Brown [mailto:ajb2 AT mssl.ucl.ac DOT uk] 
Sent: Friday, September 20, 2013 9:44 AM
To: Andreas Koch
Cc: bacula-users AT lists.sourceforge DOT net
Subject: Re: [Bacula-users] Is anyone using >128K blocks with LTO-4 or LTO-5 
drives?

On 20/09/13 13:22, Andreas Koch wrote:
>
> Many thanks for the data point! When we use Bacula (not just btape) 
> with larger block sizes (512 KB), our backups abort when bacula fails 
> to read the tape's header block.
>

Did you attempt to mix blocksizes on the same physical tape?

That will not work. If you change block sizes all existing tapes holding data 
must be marked "used" and new ones labelled.

I run 2Mb block size quite happily on HP LTO5 drives and have done for a few 
years. They are capable of 16Mb - we are limited to 2Mb by Bacula.





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