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- From: cary@hpcuhe.cup.hp.com (Cary Coutant)
- Date: Fri, 18 Dec 1992 18:45:54 GMT
- Subject: Re: HP720 dump to 4mm DAT - what parameters to use?
- Message-ID: <31480303@hpcuhe.cup.hp.com>
- Organization: Hewlett Packard, Cupertino
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- References: <Dec17.150230.51178@yuma.ACNS.ColoState.EDU>
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- > I finally got a response from HP. They say that the formula
- > to use to calculate the size of a tape in feet is
- >
- > capacity(in bytes)
- > size = --------------------
- > density x 12
-
- This doesn't account for the inter-record gap that dump assumes
- for 9-track tapes.
-
- dump assumes an inter-record gap (IRG) of 0.3 in for density = 6250,
- 0.7 in otherwise.
-
- dump uses a default blocking factor of 10 for density < 6250,
- 32 otherwise.
-
- Here's how I calculate the effective length of a DDS tape:
-
- density = 6250
- blocking factor = 32 (default)
- assumed IRG = 0.3 in
-
- Block length = (32K bytes/block) / (6250 bytes/in) + (0.3 in) = (5.54 in)
-
- Effective tape length =
- (1.3G bytes) / (32K bytes/block) * (5.54 in/block) = (18325 ft)
-
-
- > Therefore one set of dump parameters for 1.3GByte DAT that
- > takes advantage of the default density and blocking values are
- >
- > length = 72700
- > density = 1600 (default)
- > block size = 32 (default)
-
- At 1600 bpi, the default blocking factor is just 10. Using your figures,
- though, I calculate:
-
- density = 1600
- blocking factor = 32
- assumed IRG = 0.7 in
-
- Block length = (32K bytes/block) / (1600 bytes/in) + (0.7 in) = (21.18 in)
-
- Effective tape length =
- (1.3G bytes) / (32K bytes/block) * (21.18 in/block) = (70022 ft)
-
-
- Cary Coutant
- Hewlett-Packard
- California Language Lab
-