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Hardware Compression does not appear to be working
Hi MattOP No I have not yet got to the root of the problem. I have been able to get round it though, as I mentioned above, by using software compression. I does seem to be able to achieve a respectable average compression of about 1.7:1. It looks like I've got the "experts" stumped, or it is...- RobVar
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- Forum: Data Recovery
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Hardware Compression does not appear to be working
David Thanks for replying. I guess I should have said that the reason I knew compression wasn't working was because BackupExec was asking for a second tape to be inserted when the amount backed up reached 20Gb. So yes I have already tried more than 20 Gb of data. Interestingly, I tried...- RobVar
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- Forum: Data Recovery
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Hardware Compression does not appear to be working
I have an ageing Dell Poweredge Server which, until recently, had a DDS-3 tape backup drive. I had been able to squeeze upto 18Gb on a 12/24 tape using BackupExec v7.0. After the drive failed it was replaced with a DDS-4 unit. It is reported as Archive Python 06240-XXX (f/w 8110) though I...- RobVar
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- Forum: Data Recovery
