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LTO Tape speed (zerobytes.monster)
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The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/DiskBytes on 2025-04-03 13:01:14.

Hi, I'm writing to LTO using tar and mbuffer, but even with mbuffer I'm noticing the tape slows and speeds up, though it doesn't come to a stop and wait, stop/start is shoe shining right? Will slowing down and speeding up again be ok?

This is probably to do with the file sizes and buffer sizes. I've allocated 6gb for mbuffer, copying from a SATA drive, going to an LTO drive on an SAS card.

I'm wondering if it would help with speed if I try ditching mbuffer and/or putting the SATA drive onto the SAS card?

Thanks.

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