Alex look in the manual from the library. It is listed their, I don't
have one here otherwise I am pleased to help you

Regards Tj
Riscmanagement

                -----Original Message-----
                From:   Alex Fagioli [mailto:alex AT EDGETEC.CO DOT ZA]
                Sent:   Friday, December 04, 1998 1:33 AM
                To:     ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
                Subject:        Re: Compression on 3570 C Model

                Thanks for the response ..... do you have any idea how
to turn
                compression on at the library. ie. what buttons i must
press

                Thanks

                Alex

                > ----------
                > From:         Tjeerd
Saijoen[SMTP:tsaijoen AT RISCMAN DOT COM]
                > Reply To:     ADSM: Dist Stor Manager
                > Sent:         04 December 1998 03:56
                > To:   ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
                > Subject:      Re: Compression on 3570 C Model
                >
                > Alex the best thing is to enable compression on the
3570 you can do
                > this to
                > the buttons and selection menu on the front panel of
the 3570. I don't
                > recommend to use compression within ADSM if you can
use it on the tape
                > library. When you use compression within ADSM and on
the tapelibrary
                > you can
                > get the reversed effect and files will be expanding.
When you use it
                > within
                > ADSM you put more load on the cleints cpu. Best thing
is to turn it on
                > within the tapelib.
                >
                > Regards Tj
                > Riscmanagement
                >
                > -----Original Message-----
                > From:   ADSM: Dist Stor Manager
[mailto:ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU] On
                > Behalf Of
                > Alex Fagioli
                > Sent:   Thursday, December 03, 1998 4:13 AM
                > To:     ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
                > Subject:        Compression on 3570 C Model
                >
                > Hi all
                >
                > I have a Magstar 3570 C02 drive attached to an NT box
via an Adaptec
                > 2944UW SCSI Card. I am running ADSM ver 3.1.2.0. I am
only able to put
                > between 5GB and 7GB on a tape. The data being backed
up is merely
                > standard NT files and they are not compressed. Does
any one know if I
                > must enable compression on the 3570 or if I must tell
ADSM that there
                > is
                > Hardware compression.
                >
                > Thanks
                >
                > Alex Fagioli
                >