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Mike Visconti replied to the discussion What are the average LTO8 speeds I can expect? in the forum Storage & Archiving

Wed, 28 Apr 2021 16:21:11 +0000

Reply to What are the average LTO8 speeds I can expect?

So given the platform to platform and all the other overhead I’m probably not going to see a huge difference. I’ll take a look at block size and see if that make a notable difference on the next run (finishing a 75TB job this week, and then starting an 85TB job).

Mike Visconti replied to the discussion M1 Mac mini has 10GigE port in the forum Storage & Archiving

Wed, 28 Apr 2021 14:10:34 +0000

Reply to M1 Mac mini has 10GigE port

I’m just guessing, but I think the 24in iMac will be aimed at the consumer level, and the new larger iMac (rumors say 30in?) will probably have that higher speed as an option. I would be cautious about any high speed network cable that sends data and a lot of power along the same path- they may peak at 1Gb and push wifi as the future anyway (if…

Mike Visconti started the discussion What are the average LTO8 speeds I can expect? in the forum Storage & Archiving

Wed, 28 Apr 2021 14:04:15 +0000

What are the average LTO8 speeds I can expect?

Just curious what people are seeing. We are backing up about 150TB of footage, and getting about 265MB/sec. Just curious if that is egregiously slow or about what is to be expected (this is my first extended LTO8 setup). We are doing a TB3 GRaid XL on Mac to Windows P5 server via 10GbE, so I expect some overhead, but I wasn’t sure how close to the…

Mike Visconti replied to the discussion Archiware P5 Archive Supports LTFS 1/26/2021! in the forum Storage & Archiving

Mon, 05 Apr 2021 20:12:57 +0000

Reply to Archiware P5 Archive Supports LTFS 1/26/2021!

One note on this is that apparently the v6 updates changed/broke some of the methods other software uses to control P5 (eg for CatDV integration). Right now both sides are sort of pointing at the other there, and it doesn’t appear to be a focal point for anyone. So if you need that integration, be careful when looking at upgrades (for example, the…

Mike Visconti replied to the discussion Can't access Tolis Support - Need to restore tape contents to RAID in the forum Storage & Archiving

Tue, 22 Sep 2020 21:48:46 +0000

Reply to Can't access Tolis Support - Need to restore tape contents to RAID

The hope is that the second half of this comes to pass (from their web page):

“Okay, so what if TOLIS Group goes out of business?

We’ve placed the BRU source code in escrow with many of our major clients and offer it to others if their dependence on the actual product is that strictly regulated. The result is that in this case, the source code w…

Mike Visconti replied to the discussion Can't access Tolis Support - Need to restore tape contents to RAID in the forum Storage & Archiving

Tue, 22 Sep 2020 20:01:36 +0000

Reply to Can't access Tolis Support - Need to restore tape contents to RAID

Just following up: I’ve tried the covidsupport@tolisgroup.com but it gets bounced back as an undeliverable address. We’ve also got some support issues pertaining to getting a new autoloader set up, but in the last few weeks I’ve had no responses. So its time to look at the other options. I do hope they at least release the format spec from escrow…