Re: AVg Tape Write Rate

> My questions is that while performing backups I can only get a maximum
> backup up speed of about 80 kbps! 

My backups use ftape with a Travan TR-3 drive, on a server which is
fairly active at the time, and average around 55 kbps.

Actually, I don't mind it taking that long - it's not adding much load
to the server, so I can run it through the day.

> .. I have read in the ftape literautre 
> that my fdc is capable of about 2 Mbps and I know that the backup
> drive can handle up to 19 Mbps.  Is there a setting that I am missing 
> somewhere that I can use to speed up the backup process? 

I always expected tape backup to be slow, so I never thought about
that... anyone getting faster results?

-- 
Pete Siddall ~ Renmark, South Australia
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