Re: amanda tape algorithm

2018-01-05 Thread Jean-Louis Martineau
On 04/01/18 12:59 PM, Ned Danieley wrote: > > I'm using > > taperalgo largestfit > > which I assume means that amanda will write to tape the largest DLE > available. I have 'runtapes' set to 2, and occasionally I'll see amanda > move on to the second tape when the first tape is reporting around

Re: amanda tape algorithm

2018-01-04 Thread Jon LaBadie
On Thu, Jan 04, 2018 at 08:59:32PM -0500, Ned Danieley wrote: > On Thu, Jan 04, 2018 at 05:16:59PM -0700, Steven Backus wrote: > > Ned Danieley wrote: > > > > > ah, that makes sense. no, I haven't run 'amtapetype'; I just assumed that > > > the rated capacity would be

Re: amanda tape algorithm

2018-01-04 Thread Ned Danieley
On Thu, Jan 04, 2018 at 05:16:59PM -0700, Steven Backus wrote: > Ned Danieley wrote: > > > ah, that makes sense. no, I haven't run 'amtapetype'; I just assumed that > > the rated capacity would be accurate. I'll give it a try; in the meantime, > > has anyone run

Re: amanda tape algorithm

2018-01-04 Thread Steven Backus
Ned Danieley wrote: > ah, that makes sense. no, I haven't run 'amtapetype'; I just assumed that > the rated capacity would be accurate. I'll give it a try; in the meantime, > has anyone run 'amtapetype' on an LTO6 tape? I have an HP Ultrium 6 drive. I did and got: define

Re: amanda tape algorithm

2018-01-04 Thread Jon LaBadie
On Thu, Jan 04, 2018 at 04:58:13PM -0500, Ned Danieley wrote: > On Thu, Jan 04, 2018 at 09:43:35PM +, Debra S Baddorf wrote: > > > > > On Jan 4, 2018, at 11:59 AM, Ned Danieley wrote: > > > > > > > > > I'm using > > > > > > taperalgo largestfit > > > > > > which I

Re: amanda tape algorithm

2018-01-04 Thread Ned Danieley
On Thu, Jan 04, 2018 at 09:43:35PM +, Debra S Baddorf wrote: > > > On Jan 4, 2018, at 11:59 AM, Ned Danieley wrote: > > > > > > I'm using > > > > taperalgo largestfit > > > > which I assume means that amanda will write to tape the largest DLE > > available. I have

Re: amanda tape algorithm

2018-01-04 Thread Debra S Baddorf
> On Jan 4, 2018, at 11:59 AM, Ned Danieley wrote: > > > I'm using > > taperalgo largestfit > > which I assume means that amanda will write to tape the largest DLE > available. I have 'runtapes' set to 2, and occasionally I'll see amanda > move on to the second tape

amanda tape algorithm

2018-01-04 Thread Ned Danieley
I'm using taperalgo largestfit which I assume means that amanda will write to tape the largest DLE available. I have 'runtapes' set to 2, and occasionally I'll see amanda move on to the second tape when the first tape is reporting around 80% full. I'm dumping almost 200 DLE, so it seems like