The #Apple M1 Mac mini now has option of a 10Gb Ethernet port. Bit late for us, however the 8GB M1 Mac mini in the YoYotta lab has written over a petabyte of data to #LTFS LTO tape without ever getting warm...
@sociallylitrate@ChrisLAS@jrssnet@wespayne Sorry no plans for Linux, we provide free software updates and support to customers and focusing on one hardware platform helps make this possible.
@sociallylitrate@HP Usually it’s the source media that slows things down. If there are lots and of sub MB files for example. As that speed suggests the drive is under running. Do you hear a consistent spin noise from the tape ? (Source code is available from @HPE, but code should not be an issue)
What an achievement #INEOS159 Eliud running the first marathon in under 2 hours. No comparison, but a mini marathon data job using YoYotta to create multiple verified copies of 160 CF camera cards on the day !
@sethgoldin@robert_pitman M8 is great for short term rotating backups that banks and other industries do. But for production you need to keep data forever.
@sethgoldin@robert_pitman That said we don’t recommend M8 for any archives as current position is that they will only be readable in LTO-8 drives. I would format as L7 then can read in LTO-7, LTO-8 and probably LTO-9 drives.
@sethgoldin@robert_pitman You can purchase LTO-7 blank tapes. With a stand-alone drive YoYotta offers choice when formatting a brand new as L7 or M8. With library tape must have correct label.
@piersg@ruperthowe Restoring folders with a mix of file types can slow things down. Raw and jpeg is a good example. So running two passes is a great idea.