On Tue, 31 Jan 2012 09:41:27 -0600 "Rao, Uthra R. (GSFC-672.0)[ADNET SYSTEMS INC]" <uthra.r....@nasa.gov> wrote:
> I have Bacula 5.2.3 compiled on a RHEL 6 Server. I have IBM TS3200 > Tape Library with two tape drives: LTO5 FH. I looking to see how I > can get the best performance and speed up my backups [...] > I added the min/max block size in the Bacula-sd.conf "Device" section: > Minimum Block Size = 262144 > Maximum Block Size = 262144 > > This really did not make any difference the "tapeinfo -f /dev/sg0" > still shows the BlockSize:0 and MinBlock: 1/ MaxBlock: 16777215. > > Has any ne out there done some Bacula tuning with the block size? I > would really appreciate some help on this. I'd say you're supposed to run `btape` [1] before and after tweaking this option, and then compare the results. 1. http://www.bacula.org/5.0.x-manuals/en/problems/problems/Testing_Your_Tape_Drive.html ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Keep Your Developer Skills Current with LearnDevNow! The most comprehensive online learning library for Microsoft developers is just $99.99! Visual Studio, SharePoint, SQL - plus HTML5, CSS3, MVC3, Metro Style Apps, more. Free future releases when you subscribe now! http://p.sf.net/sfu/learndevnow-d2d _______________________________________________ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
