>>>>> On Sun, 09 Apr 2006 12:16:51 +0200, "Erik P. Olsen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>>>> said: > > I am infrequently getting tape full conditions at times when I did not expect > it. My tapes are DDS-4 tapes and they are considered "Full" by bacula at > various > capacities, for exampel: > > 21,112,841,569 > 6,445,884,582 > 17,477,850,063 > 15,855,178,172 > > After the last volume ran "full" and mounting of the next empty volume it > appended only 3,710,244,549 to it, an amount which I had thought could easily > be > squeezed into the "full" volume. > > I don't understand what triggers the "Full" condition especially the 6GB > volume > is wierd since it shouldn't be full before approx. 20GB of data has been > written > to it. > > I am trying to optimize the use of the tapes but this process is difficult to > carry out when bacula determines the full condition at such different times. > Are > there anything I can do to ensure that the full condition becomes close to > 20GB > or do I have to live with this strange phenomenon?
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