On 5 Jul 2006 at 20:35, Kern Sibbald wrote:
> On Tuesday 27 June 2006 12:57, Åge Røbekk wrote:
> > When forward spacing to a file far into the tape, like file# 150, it can
> > take up to 30 minutes for it to complete, and it feels a bit too slow.
> > Are there any methods to speed this up? FreeBSD 6.1 using a Dell PV132T
> > with an IBM Ultrium-2 LTO2 drive.
>
> Complain to the FreeBSD tape driver programmers to write one that corresponds
> to modern specs such as Solaris and Linux so that Fast Forward Space file
> will work. Otherwise, Bacula has to do it the slow way.
>
> The other solution that you won't like is to switch OSes.
Kern! We can't have people doing that! ;)
The OP did not supply configuration details. I'm guessing that this
option is not specified in bacula-sd.conf:
Fast Forward Space File = yes
FYI, here is mine:
Device {
Name = DLT
Description = QUANTUM DLT7000 1624
Media Type = DLT
Archive Device = /dev/nsa0
Hardware End of Medium = no
Fast Forward Space File = yes
BSF at EOM = yes
Backward Space Record = yes
Spool Directory = /home/bacula/spooling
Maximum Spool Size = 23518993778
Maximum Job Spool Size = 23518993778 # 20GB
# when I unmount, take the tape offline
#
Offline on Unmount = yes
}
This is 4.11-STABLE FreeBSD
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