Exb8505C and TBTAPE Params

Posted in 1995

Wayne Lyle — 31 Jan 1995 20:33:09 GMT — source: Informix-list mailing list archive (1991-1998)

Can anyone tell me the correct settings for tbtape using an EXAbyte 8505C 8mm tape drive. The currect settings are: TAPEDEV /dev/rst24 TAPEBLK 126 TAPESIZE 5000000 From what I read, this is the compression mode of the tape unit and I can write 5GB at 126K blocks. The drive is rated to go up to 10GB with compression but I don't want to risk it. Should I assume that I will get some extra without hitting the end of the tape? If I do hit the end of the tape, what happens to the archive? Thanks in advance, Wayne Lyle