Can you try the job with bacula gzip compression set on with both new and old? John
--- "Matthias F. Brandstetter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > ---------- quoting Alan Brown ---------- > > > SLR100" SCSI tape drive, which is capable of > storing 50GB or 100GB > > > (compressed) onto SLR tapes. > > > > Note that 100Gb is compressed and the raw capacity > is 50Gb. > > I know, that was what I wanted to say... > > > > Now I have a bunch of newly bought SLR tapes, > but there I get an "out > > > of space" error, it seems those new tapes can't > save compressed data > > > (= more than 50GB). > > > > What did you expect? Assuming you have already > compressed the data (or > > it is non-compressable data files), all hardware > compression on the tape > > is likely to achieve is a slight increase in the > total data volume. > > The thing is that I have an "old" tape (wich should > have the same > capabilities as those new ones), and with this it's > no problem to backup > my data. So it seems the problem is not the data > itself, but the new > tapes. > > But since these new tapes *should* be able to save > the same amount of data > as the "old" one (= 50GB uncompressed and 100GB > compressed), I do not > understand why this "out of space" error only occurs > with the new tapes. > > Do you know what I mean? > > -- > Homer: Boy, you don't have to follow in my > footsteps. > > Bart: Don't worry, I don't even like using the > bathroom after you. > > Homer: Why you little -- ! > > Like Father Like Clown > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > SF.Net email is Sponsored by the Better Software > Conference & EXPO > September 19-22, 2005 * San Francisco, CA * > Development Lifecycle Practices > Agile & Plan-Driven Development * Managing Projects > & Teams * Testing & QA > Security * Process Improvement & Measurement * > http://www.sqe.com/bsce5sf > _______________________________________________ > Bacula-users mailing list > Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users > ------------------------------------------------------- SF.Net email is Sponsored by the Better Software Conference & EXPO September 19-22, 2005 * San Francisco, CA * Development Lifecycle Practices Agile & Plan-Driven Development * Managing Projects & Teams * Testing & QA Security * Process Improvement & Measurement * http://www.sqe.com/bsce5sf _______________________________________________ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users