Re: LTO4 amtapetype problem?

2009-06-12 Thread Jean-Francois Malouin
* Chris Hoogendyk [20090612 11:46]: > > Jean-Francois Malouin wrote: >> Hi, >> >> Not really an Amanda question but I'll try anyway... >> >> I can't get better than ~60MiBs to LTO4 tape when using amtapetype. I >> tried 32k 1024k and 2048k, with and without hw compression enabled. >> Any hints? I

Re: LTO4 amtapetype problem?

2009-06-12 Thread Jean-Francois Malouin
* Dustin J. Mitchell [20090612 11:47]: > On Fri, Jun 12, 2009 at 11:27 AM, Jean-Francois > Malouin wrote: > > I can't get better than ~60MiBs to LTO4 tape when using amtapetype. > > I tried 32k 1024k and 2048k, with and without hw compression enabled. > > Any hints? I've added some info below. I c

Re: LTO4 amtapetype problem?

2009-06-12 Thread Dustin J. Mitchell
On Fri, Jun 12, 2009 at 11:27 AM, Jean-Francois Malouin wrote: > I can't get better than ~60MiBs to LTO4 tape when using amtapetype. > I tried 32k 1024k and 2048k, with and without hw compression enabled. > Any hints? I've added some info below. I can provide more upon request. 60 MiB/s is certain

Re: LTO4 amtapetype problem?

2009-06-12 Thread Chris Hoogendyk
Jean-Francois Malouin wrote: Hi, Not really an Amanda question but I'll try anyway... I can't get better than ~60MiBs to LTO4 tape when using amtapetype. I tried 32k 1024k and 2048k, with and without hw compression enabled. Any hints? I've added some info below. I can provide more upon reque

LTO4 amtapetype problem?

2009-06-12 Thread Jean-Francois Malouin
Hi, Not really an Amanda question but I'll try anyway... I can't get better than ~60MiBs to LTO4 tape when using amtapetype. I tried 32k 1024k and 2048k, with and without hw compression enabled. Any hints? I've added some info below. I can provide more upon request. Note that tapeinfo reports h

Re: amtapetype problem

2006-01-17 Thread Franz Fischer
Paul Bijnens's Mail: > Is the shell command "mt -f ... rewind" returning immediatly too? > If yes, and you issue another command, does it give an error then? > Does the "mt -f ... status" giving an error, or does it indicate > that the rewind is still in progress? With the command sequence

Re: amtapetype problem

2006-01-16 Thread Paul Bijnens
Franz Fischer wrote: Nuno Dias's Mail: On Sun, 2006-01-15 at 18:30 -0500, Jon LaBadie wrote: On Sun, Jan 15, 2006 at 10:56:18PM +, Nuno Dias wrote: Hi, I compiled the amanda-2.4.5p1 and when I try to run the command "amtapetype" I'm get this error. # amtapetype -o -f /dev/nrst10 Est

Re: amtapetype problem

2006-01-16 Thread Franz Fischer
Nuno Dias's Mail: > On Sun, 2006-01-15 at 18:30 -0500, Jon LaBadie wrote: > > On Sun, Jan 15, 2006 at 10:56:18PM +, Nuno Dias wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > > > I compiled the amanda-2.4.5p1 and when I try to run the command > > > "amtapetype" I'm get this error. > > > > > > # amtapetype -o -f

Re: amtapetype problem

2006-01-16 Thread Nuno Dias
On Sun, 2006-01-15 at 18:30 -0500, Jon LaBadie wrote: > On Sun, Jan 15, 2006 at 10:56:18PM +, Nuno Dias wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I compiled the amanda-2.4.5p1 and when I try to run the command > > "amtapetype" I'm get this error. > > > > # amtapetype -o -f /dev/nrst10 > > Estimate phase 1..

Re: amtapetype problem

2006-01-15 Thread Jon LaBadie
On Sun, Jan 15, 2006 at 10:56:18PM +, Nuno Dias wrote: > Hi, > > I compiled the amanda-2.4.5p1 and when I try to run the command > "amtapetype" I'm get this error. > > # amtapetype -o -f /dev/nrst10 > Estimate phase 1... > > Writing 4096 Mbyte compresseable data: 260 sec > Estimate pha

amtapetype problem

2006-01-15 Thread Nuno Dias
Hi, I compiled the amanda-2.4.5p1 and when I try to run the command "amtapetype" I'm get this error. # amtapetype -o -f /dev/nrst10 Estimate phase 1... Writing 4096 Mbyte compresseable data: 260 sec Estimate phase 2...amtapetype: could not write any data in this pass: short write I'm tryi

Re: amtapetype problem

2003-06-26 Thread Tom Brown
> > can anyone advise me how to determine the block size of this tape? > > mt -f /dev/... status > > reports the blocksize that the device is configured (not that tape > that is in it). > > If you read a tape, specify a blocksize larger than then one on > tape (maybe it has to be an exact multiple

Re: amtapetype problem

2003-06-24 Thread Tom Brown
> When i run amtapetype i get the following > > $ amtapetype -e 100gig -f /dev/nst0 > Writing 1024 Mbyte compresseable data: 47 sec > Estimate phase 2...amtapetype: could not write any data in this pass: short > write and i've just found this in the messages for this machine. Jun 24 14:24:20

amtapetype problem

2003-06-24 Thread Tom Brown
Hi, This is the third amanda installation i have been working on in the last 2 weeks so apology for all the problems i've been posting to the list. I'm currently installing a system to backup our local LAN to a single LTO-1 drive so no changer config to worry about. I have configured amanda and