> > On Fri, Mar 5, 2010 at 9:17 AM, rory_f <amanda-forum < at > backupcentral.com> wrote: > > > i'm doing a tape run now, using the original tapetype definition, and > > > it has filled a tape to around 238gb and moved onto the next one > > > (well it has changed tapes,it's still waiting to write to tape) > > > > > > is this normal?
I had an LTO-3 drive start doing that last year and it turned out to be a drive problem. It starting randomly getting EOT's after anywhere from 230 to 300 GB or so on 400GB tapes. The support contract on that library has been a good investment, as it has had to be RMA'd twice now. If you have an LTO-3 drive and 400/800GB tapes it should put about 400GB post-compression data onto a tape. I use software compression and have the drive's compression turned off, and it consistently puts a little over 416000000 bytes onto a tape when working correctly. -- A hybrid Escalade is missing the point much in the same way that having a diet soda with your extra large pepperoni pizza is missing the point.
