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Strange mbuffer issue (zerobytes.monster)

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The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/DiskBytes on 2025-06-03 14:48:54.

I've got an issue with mbuffer which has never happened to me before. Basically, the data out is going to tape quicker than it can go in, causing the tape to stop, wait for the buffer to fill, then start again.

But mbuffer is supposed to prevent this from happening, very strange as it has always worked well prior to today and I can't see what I'm doing differently.

As I always have, I'm using tar -b 2048 --directory"name" -cvf - ./ | mbuffer -m 6G -L -P 80 -f -o /dev/st0

Any ideas? Thanks.

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