Re: [Bacula-users] DAT tape (DDS-3) Compression

2006-09-28 Thread Arno Lehmann
Hi, On 9/28/2006 3:17 PM, Hristo Benev wrote: > Arno Lehmann wrote: ... >>Try modprobe sg. If this doesn't work either you don't have sg as a >>module, you don't run linux :-), or there's some problem which should >>show up in the system log. >> >> > This one worked ;-) ... > > Now I'm tryi

Re: [Bacula-users] DAT tape (DDS-3) Compression

2006-09-28 Thread Hristo Benev
Arno Lehmann wrote: Hi, On 9/27/2006 7:33 PM, Hristo Benev wrote: ... sg does not exist for me. check if you've got the module sg loaded. lsmod is one possibility here. So I cannot use it, I have only /dev/st0 and /dev/tape is link to nst0 Try modp

Re: [Bacula-users] DAT tape (DDS-3) Compression

2006-09-27 Thread Hristo Benev
Arno Lehmann wrote: Hi, On 9/27/2006 3:52 PM, Hristo Benev wrote: ... I'm aware of all this, but in my case I think SW compression is better, because I have 10MB network between servers (and that is enough for my setup - except backup there is no high bandwidth demand applicatio

Re: [Bacula-users] DAT tape (DDS-3) Compression

2006-09-27 Thread Arno Lehmann
Hi, On 9/27/2006 8:26 PM, Ryan Novosielski wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > I see everyone saying this, but my machine works fine when I use the > actual tape device, on Solaris. That's because we've only got linux running... > I don't know what the generic name woul

Re: [Bacula-users] DAT tape (DDS-3) Compression

2006-09-27 Thread Arno Lehmann
Hi, On 9/27/2006 7:33 PM, Hristo Benev wrote: ... > sg does not exist for me. check if you've got the module sg loaded. lsmod is one possibility here. > So I cannot use it, I have only /dev/st0 and /dev/tape is link to nst0 Try modprobe sg. If this doesn't work either you don't have sg as a mo

Re: [Bacula-users] DAT tape (DDS-3) Compression

2006-09-27 Thread Ryan Novosielski
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 I see everyone saying this, but my machine works fine when I use the actual tape device, on Solaris. I don't know what the generic name would be on Solaris, but I don't have to use it. Arno Lehmann wrote: > Hi, > > On 9/27/2006 3:52 PM, Hristo Benev

Re: [Bacula-users] DAT tape (DDS-3) Compression

2006-09-27 Thread Arno Lehmann
Hi, On 9/27/2006 3:52 PM, Hristo Benev wrote: ... > I'm aware of all this, but in my case I think SW compression is better, > because I have 10MB network between servers (and that is enough for my > setup - except backup there is no high bandwidth demand application). > > Also I've tested the H

Re: [Bacula-users] DAT tape (DDS-3) Compression

2006-09-27 Thread Steven Ellis
Hristo Benev wrote: > Arno Lehmann wrote: >> Hi, >> >> On 9/25/2006 8:31 PM, Hristo Benev wrote: >> >>> Hi, >>> >>> I have Python 04106-XXX Rev: 7550 DDS-3 tape drive. >>> >>> Is there a way to check if HW compression is ON or OFF, and what is >>> better to use HW or SW one currently I use GZIP

Re: [Bacula-users] DAT tape (DDS-3) Compression

2006-09-27 Thread Hristo Benev
Arno Lehmann wrote: Hi, On 9/25/2006 8:31 PM, Hristo Benev wrote: Hi, I have Python 04106-XXX Rev: 7550 DDS-3 tape drive. Is there a way to check if HW compression is ON or OFF, and what is better to use HW or SW one currently I use GZIP=1 SW one Well, Hardware compr

Re: [Bacula-users] DAT tape (DDS-3) Compression

2006-09-25 Thread Arno Lehmann
Hi, On 9/25/2006 8:31 PM, Hristo Benev wrote: > Hi, > > I have Python 04106-XXX Rev: 7550 DDS-3 tape drive. > > Is there a way to check if HW compression is ON or OFF, and what is > better to use HW or SW one currently I use GZIP=1 SW one Well, Hardware compression is done in the tape hardware