Hi,
This is great. 2 replys in less than 15 minutes (should have done this
earlier)
Thanks to
Terry Horsnell
Joerg Bruehe
All sugguested trying to backup to /dev/null..
And that no device can backup can ne completed faster that taken by
/dev/null
Will try when I next layed my hands on the TZ89 and had the machine for
testing.
Thanks Again
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>Hi,
>
>We have a system backing up database files using cpio. Not sure why (just
>took over the job).
>
>Backup using TZ88 take up about 2 hours. Managed to lay my hand on a TZ89.
>Going thru the specs, found that TZ88 haas a transfer rate of 1.5 MB/s
>while
>TZ89 has a transfer rate of 5 MB/s.
>
>Thinking to myself "Great, backup can now be completed in less than an
>hour." Plugging in the new tape drive and making it as a new tape device,
>imagine my disbelief that backup took me 1.5 hrs.
>
>Any ideas?
>
>N.B: we are using Tru64 version 4.0D.
>
>Thanks In Advance
>IvanHoe
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