RE: [Veritas-bu] Why don't tapes hold the same amount of data?

2006-03-01 Thread WEAVER, Simon
Title: Message All sorts of reasons Geoff, all down to the type of file size and data stored on the tape, whether the data can or cannot be compressed, and if the robot or tape drive can compress the data.   I think others have given opinions on this, but thats my opinion     Simon WeaverT

Re: [Veritas-bu] Why don't tapes hold the same amount of data?

2006-02-28 Thread Ed Wilts
On Tue, Feb 28, 2006 at 09:36:19AM -0800, Geoff Hazel wrote: > Why do some tapes hold twice as much data as other tapes? Compression. -- Ed Wilts, Mounds View, MN, USA mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ Veritas-bu maillist - Veritas-bu@mailman.eng.aubu

Re: [Veritas-bu] Why don't tapes hold the same amount of data?

2006-02-28 Thread Wayne T Smith
The difference you see is probably due to varying compressibility of data. It's also possible that failed or expired backup images take up space that couldn't be reused. cheers, wayne Geoff Hazel wrote, in part, on 2/28/2006 12:36 PM: We have all the same tapes in the robot library, but when