Ralf Gross wrote: > Ferdinando Pasqualetti schrieb: >> I think you should use /dev/random, not /dev/zero unless hardware >> compression is disabled in order to have more realistic figures. > > This wouldn't be a good idea, /dev/random or /dev/urandom are just too > slow in generating random data. To test the nativ speed of the drive > creating a file from /dev/urandom and writing this file then from > tmpfs or a fast disk to the drive would be much better. > > > Ralf
Personally, I'd use /dev/zero with compression turned off. Then there's *nothing* between the data-source and the tapedrive. Terry ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Check out the new SourceForge.net Marketplace. It is the best place to buy or sell services for just about anything Open Source. http://p.sf.net/sfu/Xq1LFB _______________________________________________ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
