Ian Turner schrieb: > Stephan, > > The main thing that I can recommend is to give the new beta release a try. It > features a near-complete rewrite of taper, including all the device-buffering > code. Amongst other things, the tapebufs parameter is deprecated in favor of > a new device_output_buffer_size parameter, which is specified in kilobytes. > > If you still have performance problems with the new code, let me know.
Thanks for the suggestion and the offer, Ian. I am currently writing a gentoo-ebuild for the current beta to give it a try here soon. Any suggestion for the new parameter device_output_buffer_size, especially with the DLT8000? Regards, Stefan
