On Wed, 30 May 2007, Arno Lehmann wrote: >>> Looking at the query.sql file where did the values of VolWrites > >>> 3999999 and VolMounts > 50 come from? >> >> Someone in the Bacula project used that as a number. > > Might have been me :-) > > These values work for my DDS and DLT tapes. They definitely don't work > for QIC tapes where I set smaller tape file sizes and (once) used block > sizes of 1k :-)
They're at least an order of magnitude too small vs published aging figures for LTO2. (HP's "Lifetime warranty" includes stats on the number of mounts and writes they regard as reasonable in a tape lifetime) ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by DB2 Express Download DB2 Express C - the FREE version of DB2 express and take control of your XML. No limits. Just data. Click to get it now. http://sourceforge.net/powerbar/db2/ _______________________________________________ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
