> > define tapetype AIT2 {
> > comment "AIT-2 with 230m tapes"
> > length 43778 mbytes
> > filemark 3120 kbytes
> > speed 5371 kps
> > }
>
> That was on somebody's particular hardware. You may want to run tapetype
> yourself, or just put "length 50000 mbytes" and see if you hit EOT.
since the box is sort of in production right now; taking the days to
do a 'make tapetype' (not to mention installing the compiler & sundry) isn't
really an option.
> First thing's first -- use one or the other (software *or* hardware).
ok. I'll have to poke at the 'mt' compression options to figure out
hardware compression toggling; but I think I can.
> Enabling both will lead to data which actually expands on tape.
makes sense. thanks for reminding me. :)
> Second,
> if you you are using hardware compression, then you must basically lie to
> amanda about your tape size. Tell amanda that your tapes are 75GB (a
> reasonable estimate, depending upon your type of data), and see if you hit
> EOT. Tweak length as appropriate.
gotcha. I guessed something like that; but haven't tried it yet. :)
Carl Soderstrom
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Network Engineer
Real-Time Enterprises
www.real-time.com
