On 21/08/12 12:27, lst_ho...@kwsoft.de wrote: > So i still wonder why the manual recommend not to change this value?
Because some (older) drive types don't like it and will break. > The problem of not mixing the blocksize is obvious so if there is not > other downside one should choose a larger value with any recent tape > drive, no? It's only obvious to those experienced with tape. Inexperienced admins are likely to end up with non-restorable tapes due to mixed blocksizes on one volume and not realise what they've done until it's far too late. LTO drives can handle blocksize up to 16Mb. I suspect that moving to 4 or 8Mb would result in better throughput but that isn't an option at the moment. Similarly, the 64kb network block size isn't really large enough for Gb/10Gb-scale networks but in my experience setting larger values causes problems inside bacula. Alan ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Live Security Virtual Conference Exclusive live event will cover all the ways today's security and threat landscape has changed and how IT managers can respond. Discussions will include endpoint security, mobile security and the latest in malware threats. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfrnl04242012/114/50122263/ _______________________________________________ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
