Date: Thu, 08 Jul 1999 22:55:18 -0700 From: Darryl Okahata <darrylo@sr.hp.com> To: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: HP T4000s Tape Drive problems Message-ID: <199907090555.WAA20713@mina.sr.hp.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Fri, 09 Jul 1999 11:26:45 %2B0930."
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Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com> wrote:
> I have a DLT4000. I can't keep it streaming, but it still goes faster
> than my Exabyte and DDS drives. If you have any ideas on how to keep
> it streaming, I'd be open to them.
Well, I'm not sure it'll work but, if you're using something like
tar, cpio, or dump to write the tape, you might want to try using
team(1) to buffer the data as it goes to the drive. The team(1) program
was, I believe, originally written by Joerg Wunsch to keep cdrom burners
supplied with a constant, steady stream of data. It might also be able
to keep the DLT4000 happy.
You can find team(1) in the ports/packages collection. Look under
"misc".
--
Darryl Okahata
darrylo@sr.hp.com
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