On Tue, May 7, 2013 at 9:45 AM, John Drescher <dresche...@gmail.com> wrote: > > The 6.25TB is only an estimate. If you have non compressible data you > will get close to 2.5 TB of space on your tape. If you have all text > files you may fit 15 TB on a single tape..
Great, thanks for that! That's what I thought but I've never used HW compression. So since I don't have an LTO 6 yet, is there a good way to get an estimate of the compressability of my data? If I just tar cz my data will that give me a close ballpark? Or better bzip? Or something else? ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Learn Graph Databases - Download FREE O'Reilly Book "Graph Databases" is the definitive new guide to graph databases and their applications. This 200-page book is written by three acclaimed leaders in the field. The early access version is available now. Download your free book today! http://p.sf.net/sfu/neotech_d2d_may _______________________________________________ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
