Thanks, I'll check my drivers & hardware. I'm using either a Sony SDT-9000, or an HP Surestore, so I'm fairly confident that at least the Surestore should be able to do hardware compression.
Jim Helfer Aaron Brasslett wrote: > I used to back up a 17GB+ Priv on a DDS3 tape drive without spanning > tapes. Something must be wrong with either the tape HW or the driver > you are using. > > Aaron > > -----Original Message----- > From: Jim Helfer [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Friday, January 17, 2003 11:06 AM > To: Exchange Discussions > Subject: NTbackup hardware compression ? > > > > I was wondering if hardware compression is generally effective when > doing an Exchange-aware NTbackup backup, or if the databases are > already compressed? > > I have a 12GB capacity DDS3 tape drive that I use to do on-line > backups of my Exchange server. I have made sure that I am either > using the command line switch /hc:on, or checking "hardware > compression" in the NTbackup screeen. > > However, since my Priv.Edb creeped up to >12 Gig, the backup spans > two tapes. > > Could there be something I'm doing incorrectly, or is it time to > get a bigger tape drive, or an Exchange backup program that > understands tape loaders, or just deal with the additional pain of > tape flipping? > > Thanks for any info > > > Jim Helfer > WTW Architects > Pittsburgh PA > Go Stillers ! (next year) > > _________________________________________________________________ > List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm > Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp > To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > _________________________________________________________________ > List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm > Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp > To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] _________________________________________________________________ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
