Hi, On 9/27/2006 8:26 PM, Ryan Novosielski wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > I see everyone saying this, but my machine works fine when I use the > actual tape device, on Solaris.
That's because we've only got linux running... > I don't know what the generic name would > be on Solaris, but I don't have to use it. That reminds me... do you know the cdrecord program? If you ever did any research, code-review, bug hunting or general discussion about the used libscg you might have encountered the author of that program, who has really strong views about the quality of the APIs of linux vs. Sun software... Arno > Arno Lehmann wrote: > >>Hi, >> >>On 9/27/2006 3:52 PM, Hristo Benev wrote: >>... >> >>>I'm aware of all this, but in my case I think SW compression is better, >>>because I have 10MB network between servers (and that is enough for my >>>setup - except backup there is no high bandwidth demand application). >>> >>>Also I've tested the HW compression (on similar drive in 1999) and the >>>backup was much slower??? and compression really bad!!! >> >>That's something I can't comment on, but I'm quite sure that with all >>tape drives I know compressed backups are faster as long as the >>uncompressed data throughput of the SCSI bus is fast enough to avoid >>shoeshining the tape drive. >> >> >>>Thats why I typed the command that should disable compression, but how I >>>can check??? >>>mt -f /dev/tape compression off >>> >>> >>>>>tapeinfo gives me an error >>>>> >>>>>tapeinfo -f /dev/tape >>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>>>Try tapeinfo -f /dev/sgX >>>>tapeinfo needs to be pointed to the generig SCSI device representing >>>>your tape drive. >>>> >>>>Arno >>>> >> >>>> >>>> >>> >>>I have st0 as device, but it gives me the same result >> >>Use sg? not st?. st is Sscsi Tape. nst is Non-Rewinding SCSI Tape, ans >>sg is SCSI Generic. >> >>Arno >> >> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>>>mtx: Request Sense: Long Report=yes >>>>>mtx: Request Sense: Valid Residual=no >>>>>mtx: Request Sense: Error Code=0 (Unknown?!) >>>>>mtx: Request Sense: Sense Key=Hardware Error >>>>>mtx: Request Sense: FileMark=no >>>>>mtx: Request Sense: EOM=no >>>>>mtx: Request Sense: ILI=no >>>>>mtx: Request Sense: Additional Sense Code = C1 >>>>>mtx: Request Sense: Additional Sense Qualifier = 85 >>>>>mtx: Request Sense: BPV=yes >>>>>mtx: Request Sense: Error in CDB=no >>>>>mtx: Request Sense: SKSV=no >>>>>mtx: Request Sense: Field Pointer = 00 00 >>>>>INQUIRY Command Failed >>>>> >>>>>and mt status gives: >>>>>mt status >>>>>SCSI 2 tape drive: >>>>>File number=0, block number=0, partition=0. >>>>>Tape block size 512 bytes. Density code 0x25 (DDS-3). >>>>>Soft error count since last status=0 >>>>>General status bits on (41010000): >>>>>BOT ONLINE IM_REP_EN >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>Thank you, >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> >>>By the way I use RedHat based OS (CentOS 4.4) >>> >>>Thanks, >>> >>>-- >>>Hristo Benev >>>IT Manager >>> >>>WAVEROAD >>>Partners in Telecommunications >>> >>>514-935-2020 x225 T >>>514-935-1001 F >>>www.waveroad.ca <http://www.waveroad.ca> >>>[EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>> >>> >>>------------------------------------------------------------------------ >>> >>>------------------------------------------------------------------------- >>>Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT >>>Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your >>>opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys -- and earn cash >>>http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV >>> >>> >>>------------------------------------------------------------------------ >>> >>>_______________________________________________ >>>Bacula-users mailing list >>>Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net >>>https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users >> > > - -- > ---- _ _ _ _ ___ _ _ _ > |Y#| | | |\/| | \ |\ | | |Ryan Novosielski - Systems Programmer III > |$&| |__| | | |__/ | \| _| |[EMAIL PROTECTED] - 973/972.0922 (2-0922) > \__/ Univ. of Med. and Dent.|IST/AST - NJMS Medical Science Bldg - C630 > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.4.2.2 (GNU/Linux) > Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org > > iD8DBQFFGsJAmb+gadEcsb4RAgUpAJ41/wmp41vefarVkTBcef0GbtTelgCeJEuN > ydQJODC2oOJS4DBbjk0SCc0= > =ZuxK > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- IT-Service Lehmann [EMAIL PROTECTED] Arno Lehmann http://www.its-lehmann.de ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys -- and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV _______________________________________________ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
