Re: Speed on 3581 LTO-2 Tape Drive

[Pete Massiello <pmassiello@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

We noticed that when doing some backups in the IFS, we had converted the 
IFS to type-2 from type-1, and that made our backup significantly faster.

   That isn't tuning the 3580, but I think you will see a difference.

   Pete Massiello

richard@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote:

> Hello All, 
>
> We are starting to use a 3581 LTO-2 tape drive to back up 100gb of image 
> files (3.7 million 50-60kb images) for a customer and we have noticed that 
> this process takes about 8-9 hours. Backing up a small number of large 
> files is much faster.
>
> Does anyone here know if there is a way to tune the 3581 so that it will 
> stream even when backing up large amounts of small files ?
>
> Any input is appreciated. 
>
> Regards,
> Richard Schoen
> RJS Software Systems Inc. 
>
> Email: richard@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Web Site: http://www.rjssoftware.com
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