friedl@vsi.COM (Stephen J. Friedl) (01/29/89)
Hi folks, We just installed a 60mb SCSI cartridge tape drive on our 3B2/400 -- oh happy day -- and wish to tune our backup scripts to run as fast as possible. Does anybody know the optimal block sizes for cpio on these devices? An "optimal" response would include a matrix of blocksizes for 60 and 120mb tape on the /400 and /600 (assuming there is a difference in the latter). For the time being, we're using 5120-byte blocks... Please email, I'll summarize & post. Steve -- Stephen J. Friedl 3B2-kind-of-guy friedl@vsi.com V-Systems, Inc. I speak for you only attmail!vsi!friedl Santa Ana, CA USA +1 714 545 6442 {backbones}!vsi!friedl Nancy Reagan on these *stupid* .signatures: "Enough already, OK?"