Zitat von Phil Stracchino <ala...@metrocast.net>: > On 08/22/12 11:18, lst_ho...@kwsoft.de wrote: >> Zitat von lst_ho...@kwsoft.de: >>> according to the manual client based software compression is not >>> useful when using tape drives with builtin compression like LTO. Is >>> this still true when using data encryption? With this the encrypted >>> data are normally not really compresable anymore but a compression on >>> the client before encryption could be useful, no? >>> >>> Any opinion on this? >> >> Anyone aware if i'm right that compression is happening *before* encryption? > > It's certainly *supposed* to. Encryption works better when redundancy > is eliminated from the cleartext before encryption, plus there's a > smaller volume of data to encrypt.
On inspecting the "problem" a bit closer i found that openssl encryption itself is able to do compression because of the reason for better encryption and it even is the default to do so. Can anyone confirm that Bacula encryption let openssl also do compression? Regards Andreas ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Live Security Virtual Conference Exclusive live event will cover all the ways today's security and threat landscape has changed and how IT managers can respond. Discussions will include endpoint security, mobile security and the latest in malware threats. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfrnl04242012/114/50122263/ _______________________________________________ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
