Same here new installation (5 months) largest amount of data on one LTO3
tape so far is 1429 GB

On Wed, 2006-04-05 at 07:53, Scalise, Kathleen (NSTS.JAX) wrote:
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> Subject:      Re: 1.2TB LTO3?
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> Got a fairly new installation of LTO-3, the most I have on a FULL tape
> is 944 GB, on the other hand I have another tape that filled up at
> 583GB.  Different type of data on these tapes...which I am finding
> accounts for a lot!!
> 
> Kathleen Scalise
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> Network Services and Technology Support
> Merrill Lynch - Jacksonville, Florida
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> -----Original Message-----
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> On Behalf Of Dave Mussulman
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> Subject: [Networker] 1.2TB LTO3?
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> 
> I got a sales flyer in the mail today for an LTO-3 Ultrium drive that
> does 1.2TB/tape and 160MB/s.  In our environment, I've seen our drives
> stream at near 160MB/s, but I've never seen any of our tapes get the 3x
> compression 1.2TB offers.  Scanning through the library, I'd say our
> average is around 650GB/tape with a few in the 750GB area.
> 
> Is it just my data, and are other groups seeing more than 2x
> compression?  Anything close to 3x?
> 
> Dave
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