From owner-freebsd-scsi Mon Oct 6 06:31:44 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id GAA27903 for freebsd-scsi-outgoing; Mon, 6 Oct 1997 06:31:44 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-scsi) Received: from firewall.ftf.dk (root@mail.ftf.dk [129.142.64.2]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id GAA27883 for ; Mon, 6 Oct 1997 06:31:35 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from regnauld@deepo.prosa.dk) Received: from mail.prosa.dk ([192.168.100.2]) by firewall.ftf.dk (8.7.6/8.7.3) with ESMTP id QAA11000; Mon, 6 Oct 1997 16:02:02 +0200 Received: from deepo.prosa.dk (deepo.prosa.dk [192.168.100.10]) by mail.prosa.dk (8.8.5/8.8.5/prosa-1.1) with ESMTP id PAA22768; Mon, 6 Oct 1997 15:43:29 +0200 (CEST) Received: (from regnauld@localhost) by deepo.prosa.dk (8.8.5/8.8.5/prosa-1.1) id PAA05795; Mon, 6 Oct 1997 15:30:24 +0200 (CEST) Message-ID: <19971006153024.62498@deepo.prosa.dk> Date: Mon, 6 Oct 1997 15:30:24 +0200 From: Philippe Regnauld To: Richard Tobin Cc: freebsd-scsi@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Tape Backup References: <199710061326.OAA04524@stevenson.cogsci.ed.ac.uk> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Description: Main Body X-Mailer: Mutt 0.69 In-Reply-To: <199710061326.OAA04524@stevenson.cogsci.ed.ac.uk>; from Richard Tobin on Mon, Oct 06, 1997 at 02:26:12PM +0100 X-Operating-System: FreeBSD 2.2.1-RELEASE i386 Sender: owner-freebsd-scsi@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Richard Tobin writes: > > > > Is there any fix for that, like perhaps a humongous buffer? I figured, > > > since the average data rate was 50KB/sec., and the hiccups averaged > > > 4 seconds, I was buffering about 200KB. Can I buffer say, 10MB? > > You could write a trivial C program that buffered as much as you like. Use team(1) ? > HOWEVER, these Travan drives absolutely suck. I've had 3 replacements > from HP in two weeks, and *NONE of them work*. You bet. -- -- Phil -[ Philippe Regnauld / Systems Administrator / regnauld@deepo.prosa.dk ]- -[ Location.: +55.4N +11.3E PGP Key: finger regnauld@hotel.prosa.dk ]-