We used to use a script to generate a huge junk file and back that up to tape and measure speed with whatever backup software we were using and determine speed with that.
One big file fills the buffer, etc and shows faster speeds that a bunch of little smaller files do. A bunch of smaller files will cause the shoe shining effect. SO, what Im suggesting is that if you can, or have, one big file you can use, like 10 GB .. use that as a file to back up to test speeds to tape. You can also look at IOMeter. That may help. From: David Lloyd [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, November 05, 2008 7:42 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Measuring Scsi speed Hi all, Does anyone know of a script / program I can run on a windows 2003 server to check i/o speed to an external scsi tape drive? Thanks David ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
