-*- Mode:Text; Fonts:(CPTFONT); Readtable:CL -*- Benchmarks for tape devices (in minutes). 20mb band transfer (direct from/to disk) Cypher Kennedy Performance Increase ================================================================================ Oldtape R/W Newtape R/W 5.7 5.1 16 -------------------------------------------------------- % Increase -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Rewind 2.5 1.4 44 ================================================================================ eNumber-of-files: 44 Total data length: 191,944 bytes Average length per file: 4362.4 bytes Cypher Kennedy Performance Increase ================================================================================ Oldtape Write Newtape Write .68 -------------------------------------------------------- % Increase -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Oldtape Restore Newtape Restore -------------------------------------------------------- % Increase -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Oldtape List Newtape List -------------------------------------------------------- % Increase ================================================================================ Number-of-files: 145 Total data length: 4,892,000 bytes Average length per file: 33737.9 bytes Cypher Kennedy Performance Increase ================================================================================ Oldtape Write Newtape Write 4.3 -------------------------------------------------------- % Increase -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Oldtape Restore Newtape Restore -------------------------------------------------------- % Increase -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Oldtape List Newtape List 2.8 -------------------------------------------------------- % Increase ================================================================================