T. Horsnell schrieb: > 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.
Yes, but most people use hardware compresion with LTO drives. Sooner or later he has to test the drive with compression. Ralf ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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
