Also Sprach C. Chan:
> > You fudge the length up from what you think it will do native based
> > on the amount of compression you expect to get. And here's a tip --
> > **nobody** gets double :-). I typically see 20-35%.
> >
> > >brad
> >
> > John R. Jackson, Technical Software Specialist, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >
>
> Thanks to the increase in JPEG, MPEG, and MP3 files I would expect
> that in the near future turning on compression, hardware or software,
> will actually cause the size of the backups.
>
... to increase by 10-20% I mean. I think Amanda with software compression
is smart enough not to compress if it means an increase in size but
currently software compression takes too long to fit in my backup window.
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