Re: [Bacula-users] LTO3 performance

2006-02-17 Thread Keith Brautigam
Rudolf Cejka wrote: Keith Brautigam wrote (2006/02/16): What actual speed are you getting now during the de-spooling process? Typically 60 - 80 MB/s (note that file boundaries on tapes temporarily slows down the speed), however now my backup is idle, so I could not see it right

Re: [Bacula-users] LTO3 performance

2006-02-16 Thread Keith Brautigam
Rudolf Cejka wrote: Keith Brautigam wrote (2006/02/15): Quinton Jansen wrote: What speeds are others getting when using an LTO-3 drive? I take up interest just in direct writing speed to the tape reported by iostat, which I have typically about 60-80 MB/s, but still I think

Re: [Bacula-users] LTO3 performance

2006-02-15 Thread Keith Brautigam
Quinton Jansen wrote: What speeds are others getting when using an LTO-3 drive? If I'm reading the numbers correctly, 2GB in 13 minutes (10GB/hour) is way too slow (should be around 200G/hour). I've got a brand new Quantum Superloader-3, LTO3 attached to a dedicated SCSI bus on a HP DL/380,

Re: [Bacula-users] Drive Compatibility Question

2006-02-02 Thread Keith Brautigam
I just purchased a LoaderXpress LTO 3 11 tape changer (drive made by HP). mt and mtx commands work fine as well as using tar to write to /dev/nst0, so I don't expect any problems with bacula. I'll be seeing what kind of throughput I really get out of it and testing it with bacula over the nex

[Bacula-users] File retention issue

2005-12-22 Thread Keith Brautigam
How can I set different file retention periods for each Fileset or job when they are on the same bacula client? From reading the docs it seems this can't be done since File retention is specified in the client resource, which is a problem for me (unless I'm missing something). Suggestions any

[Bacula-users] multiple catalogs

2005-12-22 Thread Keith Brautigam
I've made the standard, DefaultCatalog, and one additional catalog named TestCatalog. I then created some tapes in pool 'Test' while connected to TestCatalog. In bcosonle I issue the 'use' command to connect to TestCatalog. Then I start a job. However, the job does not see the volumes in th

Re: [Bacula-users] VXA2 packetloader tape change issues

2005-12-08 Thread Keith Brautigam
Zack, I'm using bacula 1.38.2. so I use the auto-changer resource. Here's what I have: Autochanger { Name = "AutoPakChanger" Device = AutoPakDrive1 Changer Device = /dev/sg2 Changer Command = "/etc/bacula/mtx-changer %c %o %S %a %d" } Device { Name = AutoPakDrive1 Media Type = AutoPa

Re: [Bacula-users] autochanger and tape use

2005-11-08 Thread Keith Brautigam
-1_38_0 of the CVS? It sounds different to me. Thanks for your help, Keith Keith Brautigam wrote: Kern Sibbald wrote: On Tuesday 08 November 2005 18:31, Keith Brautigam wrote: Short version - bacula is attempting to use a tape that is not loaded into the autochanger even though a

Re: [Bacula-users] autochanger and tape use

2005-11-08 Thread Keith Brautigam
Kern Sibbald wrote: On Tuesday 08 November 2005 18:31, Keith Brautigam wrote: Short version - bacula is attempting to use a tape that is not loaded into the autochanger even though a different, usable tape is loaded in the autochanger. According to the documentation (that I have seen

[Bacula-users] autochanger and tape use

2005-11-08 Thread Keith Brautigam
Short version - bacula is attempting to use a tape that is not loaded into the autochanger even though a different, usable tape is loaded in the autochanger. According to the documentation (that I have seen), bacula should always prefer to use tapes in the changer to avoid unnecessary operator