Kai Zimmer wrote: >> The total data was 716188 Mbyte and took almost 110:57 - 8:56 = 102:01. >> That is 1996 kB/sec. >> You didn't specify what tapedrive and host server you used, but this >> seems a little low to me. [...] > i had a look at the tape specs now (which i should have done earlier) - it > says it can transfer data at 16 MB/s - not only 2 MB/s. I will definitly have > to run amtapetype now :-}. Let's see, how it's going afterwards.
I think the 2MB/s you observe are due to the slow dumping speed across the network. Whatever your tapedrive does, you won't finish earlier than your clients send the data. :-) How nice to be limited by network and disk speed rather than tape! Alex -- Alexander Jolk / BUF Compagnie tel +33-1 42 68 18 28 / fax +33-1 42 68 18 29
