Re: [Bacula-users] LTO: hardware vs. software compression

2008-02-21 Thread Dan Langille
John Drescher wrote: >> So with LTO it seems to be no problem to use gzip and the drives >> hardware compression. >> >> Any thoughts on this? >> > With software compression on an LTO device your backups will take much > longer unless your client can somehow compress at the rate your tape > drive

Re: [Bacula-users] LTO: hardware vs. software compression

2008-02-21 Thread Ralf Gross
John Drescher schrieb: > > So with LTO it seems to be no problem to use gzip and the drives > > hardware compression. > > > > Any thoughts on this? > > > With software compression on an LTO device your backups will take much > longer unless your client can somehow compress at the rate your tape

Re: [Bacula-users] LTO: hardware vs. software compression

2008-02-21 Thread John Drescher
> So with LTO it seems to be no problem to use gzip and the drives > hardware compression. > > Any thoughts on this? > With software compression on an LTO device your backups will take much longer unless your client can somehow compress at the rate your tape drive needs. John -