Mozzi wrote:
> Paul Bijnens wrote:
>
>> Mozzi wrote:
>>
>>> HI
>>> Yes it is updateing I am now on the second set of numbers
>>> [root@ais-back01 tape-src]# ./tapetype -e 40960 -f /dev/nst0 -t
>>> TandbergVS80
>>> wrote 1235460 32Kb blocks in 102955 files in 275434 seconds (short
>>> write)
>>> wrote 701742 32kb blocks in 116977 files
>>>
>>> It is still busy,almost 6 days now
>>
>>
>>
>> From these numbers I can see you are using an old version of tapetype.
>> The newer version is much faster (it writes only about 100 files in the
>> first pass to fill the tape).
>>
>> Attached is a patched version (not official, based on the fast 4.2.3b3)
>> that detects compressed tape drives, and gives an estimate after a few
>> minutes how long it will take for the total run (so you can plan to
>> go fishing if you like).
>>
> Hi I got this
> [root@ais-back01 tape-src]# ./tapetype -e 40960 -f /dev/nst0 -t
Ooops.
Your estimate is missing the units (kbytes default). Try:
./tapetye -e 40g -f /dev/nst0 -t tandberg_VS80
> tandberg_VS80
> Estimate phase 1...
> Estimate phase 2...
> Estimated time to write 2 * 40 Mbyte: 45 sec = 0 h 0 min
> wrote 1692 32kb blocks in 152 files
>
> Should it be writing 32kb blocks ?
> Looks like it is going on again
>
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