I filed a feature request to increase the tape size. I am good with 2TB at this time. I will wait until it gets incorporated into a new release. Thanks anyways.
On Fri, May 31, 2013 at 8:34 AM, chas williams - CONTRACTOR < [email protected]> wrote: > On Fri, 31 May 2013 08:09:33 -0400 > John Sopko <[email protected]> wrote: > > > I believe the tape label command is reporting 2 TB not 2PB: > > > > 2147483648 <2147483648> x 1k = a 2 followed by 12 digits or Terabytes. > > Duh. You're right. > > > Anyway I did some testing to prove the limit is 2TB's and also to test > out > > my new LTO5 tape > > under Red Hat 6.4 and compression is working and the performance seems > ok. > > Would you be willing to try a patch to increase this to 4TB? > -- John W. Sopko Jr. University of North Carolina email: sopko AT cs.unc.edu Computer Science Dept., CB 3175 Phone: 919-962-1844 Fred Brooks Building; Room 140 Fax: 919-962-1799 Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3175
