On Thu, 23 Nov 2006, Hampus Lind wrote:

> Hi all,
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> How good/bad are LTO-3 drives when it comes to multiplexing? Would we see
> great performance degradation if we set MPX to 4 on 1 LTO-3 drive and the
> run 4 simulations backups to that drive?
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> I understand it can depend a lot on our clients as well.
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> Thanks and regards,
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> Hampus Lind
> Rikspolisstyrelsen
> National Police Board
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> E-mail: hampus.lind at rps.police.se
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> 

I wouldn't run them without it.  Do benchmarking.  Level 3 was the fastest 
for backups & restores in my testing, as MPX increases by 1, 
backup/restore speed decreased by 2MB/s.

Justin.