Re: [Dump-users] Cannot find file dump list

[Stelian P. <st...@po...>]

On Mon, Dec 08, 2003 at 05:28:57PM -0500, James Roth wrote:

> I tried -b 10 as well as 1, 2, 3, ... 32, 64, etc.  From my backup log: 
> "DUMP: Writing 10 Kilobyte records"
> 
> Also, my script sets the block size to 512 before each dump.
> 
> Does my "dd ibs=512 obs=512 of=/dev/tape conv=sync" look suspicious to 
> anyone?

It does seem suspicious to me, as is the fact you're using a 
512 byte blocksize with a DDS4 drive, which should use much larger
blocksizes (32k for example) or variable block sizes (mt setblk 0) 
in order to gain both speed and capacity.

Stelian.
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