On Thu, Nov 15, 2007 at 11:05:44AM -0500, Jean-David Beyer wrote:
> Does pg_dump's compression do anything really special that it is not likely
> the tape drive already does? The drive claims 2:1 compression for average
> data (e.g., not already compressed stuff like .jpeg files).

It's zlib, if I recall correctly.  So probably not.

A

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