I have similar findings with GnuPG. If I try to encrypt AND compress the bacula volume, I get almost 0 compression ratio. As somebody mentioned the only way to accomplish your task is to compress the file with FD before encryption.
Michael Brennen wrote: > I enabled encryption on 1.39.23 using the FD keys on Friday. > During a full backup over the weekend I noticed that the 35/70 DLT > tapes seemed to hold less than I have seen before, about 35G in one > case and somewhat over 30G in another. > > I am wondering if the encrypted data might conflict with automatic > tape hardware compression. Would it be better to turn off tape > compression with encrypted data? > > -- Michael > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to support web services, security? > Get stuff done quickly with pre-integrated technology to make your job easier > Download IBM WebSphere Application Server v.1.0.1 based on Apache Geronimo > http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=120709&bid=263057&dat=121642 > _______________________________________________ > Bacula-users mailing list > Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to support web services, security? Get stuff done quickly with pre-integrated technology to make your job easier Download IBM WebSphere Application Server v.1.0.1 based on Apache Geronimo http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=120709&bid=263057&dat=121642 _______________________________________________ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
