Hardware compression... How can I tell if it's enabled / disabled /
working correctly.
I got a tape drive from a friend. It is listed as being a 12/24 gig DAT. I
am currently only getting 12 gig of data on it. Currently I'm backing up
with a simple tar script...
I know very little about tape drives (any good FAQ would be welcome). I'm
assuming that the data type is still relevant, even with hardware
compression? (an mpeg file won't compress as much as a text file...)
Essentially, I'm looking at backing up a lot of highly compressed data. My
assumption is that I can expect that I really won't get that dreamt of 2:1
ratio on the tape label... I'd just like to get confirmation on that.
Assuming my data is compressed to begin with, I'm only going to get 12 gig
on this, right?
Did that make sense?
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