--- emanuel stiebler <emu@ecubics.com> wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> how can I increase the buffer size in tar, so I can
> keep
> my DLT tape drive streaming ?
> Most of the time, when I backup directories with a
> lot of small files it behaves more like a tape drive
> test,
> then as a backup ;-)

I'm not sure I can answer your question directly, but
have you tried star? It should be in pkgsrc, or there
might be a package depending on what port you are
using.

I haven't used it because I use dump, but the man page
for it says specifically that it's a faster version of
tar. 

DLT is a fairly fast tape drive in the grand scheme of
things though. Your bottleneck may be elsewhere.

Andy

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