On Wed, 14 Mar 2001, Coder, James (STP) wrote:

>I notice on occasion that we have dlt tapes showing a capacity of greater
>than 70gb from NetBackup (Unix NetBackup, ver. 3.2 running with a 9740
>robot).  I understand how this can happen, but to see in excess of 100gb for
>a full tape, I have to wonder!  Can anyone share their theories with me?
>Maybe I'm just lucky and don't know it!
>
>Thx in advance 
>James C. Coder
>Guidant CRM
>email: james.coder AT guidant DOT com
>Phone:  651-582-4797
>
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We've had over 100GB on one tape of regular Unix files, but it's rare
that we are that lucky: right now 1 out of 700 DLT tapes. 


        Miriam


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