Hello Frederic,

I cannot tell you from here, there are so many parameters to consider in a
performance issue. Maybe you can make some tests to see if the client
compression is one the bottlenecks...

Regards,

René Lambelet
Nestec S.A. / Informatique du Centre 
55, av. Nestlé  CH-1800 Vevey (Switzerland) 
*+41(021) 924 3543  7 +41 (021) 924 4589  * B 133
mail to: rene.lambelet AT nestle DOT com 

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Frederic Landreville [SMTP:landrefl AT YAHOO DOT COM]
> Sent: Tuesday, February 01, 2000 1:26 PM
> To:   ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
> Subject:      Re: Compression - On / Off
> 
> Salut Rene,
> 
> I know that Compression does help during the backup stage, but what about
> the RESTORE stage...? Does Compression Off help the speed of Restores?
> (This
> is where my bottlenecks are)
> 
> Have a great day...
> 
> 
> Frederic Landreville    email: landrefl AT yahoo DOT com
> Lead Technical Analyst --- Yahoo Messenger Id: LANDREFL
> J.T. International S.A. Geneva Branch
> 14, Chemin Rieu CH-1211 Geneva 17 Switzerland
> Tel: +41-22-703-0323 Fax: +41-22-703-0324
> 
> "FAILURE IS NOT AN OPTION. It comes bundled with the software."
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Lambelet,Rene,VEVEY,FC-SIL/INF." <Rene.Lambelet AT NESTLE DOT COM>
> To: <ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU>
> Sent: 01 February, 2000 12:26 PM
> Subject: Re: Compression - On / Off
> 
> 
> Hello,
> 
> we don't have any problems letting compression ON for the clients and also
> doing hardware compression on the tape drives. I is true that this tape
> compression has very few left to compress!
> 
> But it dosn't disturb nor influence the performance of migrations /
> collocations
> 
>                 René Lambelet
>                 Nestec S.A. / Informatique du Centre
>                 55, av. Nestlé  CH-1800 Vevey (Switzerland)
>                 *+41(021) 924 3543  7 +41 (021) 924 4589  * B 133
>                 mail to: rene.lambelet AT nestle DOT com
> 
>                 This message is intended only for the use of the addressee
>         and may contain information that is privileged and confidential.
> 
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Magura, Curtis [SMTP:curtis.magura AT LMCO DOT COM]
> > Sent: Tuesday, February 01, 2000 12:18 PM
> > To:   ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
> > Subject:      Compression - On / Off
> >
> > I have been following the compression thread the last day or so. My
> > question
> > is if you want / need to have compression at the client end what are you
> > doing at the tape end?
> >
> > We are using compression at the tape drive (3494 - 4*3590-E). From what
> I
> > have read on the list and in the manuals you don't want software and
> > hardware compression active at the same time.
> >
> > Are folks managing separate devclasses and pools with different
> > compression
> > settings and directing clients accordingly?
> >
> > Curt Magura
> > Lockheed Martin EIS
> > Gaithersburg, Md.
> > 301-240-6305