Date: Wed, 31 Mar 1999 22:03:06 -0700 (MST) From: "Justin T. Gibbs" <gibbs@narnia.plutotech.com> To: "Justin T. Gibbs" <gibbs@plutotech.com> Cc: scsi@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cache and tape drives Message-ID: <199904010503.WAA44021@narnia.plutotech.com> In-Reply-To: <199904010426.VAA43947@narnia.plutotech.com>
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... > So how do you solve the problem? For FreeBSD, you'll need to use > multiple processes to perform the reads and writes with some kind > of fast buffer in the middle. If a doesn't buffer enough data for ^<== pipe > you, you can always allocate a piece of shared memory between the > two processes and make that as large as you like. With this kind > of strategy, you should be able to tune the appliation to the point > where your streaming read and write speeds are bounded by the speed > of the tape drives. ... -- Justin To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-scsi" in the body of the message
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