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Re: [Networker] 600GB saved on single LTO volume??

2003-01-23 13:46:58
Subject: Re: [Networker] 600GB saved on single LTO volume??
From: roger midway <rogermidway AT YAHOO DOT COM>
To: NETWORKER AT LISTMAIL.TEMPLE DOT EDU
Date: Thu, 23 Jan 2003 10:46:55 -0800
Thanks for the positive responses.  I will clone a
volume or two and do several spot recovers.

RM
--- Tim Mooney <mooney AT dogbert.cc.ndsu.NoDak DOT edu>
wrote:
> In regard to: [Networker] 600GB saved on single LTO
> volume??, roger midway...:
>
> >Would anyone consider it odd for 600gb to be store
> to
> >a single LTO volume.  I ran backups of several SUN
> >systems and was amazed (and concerned) that there
> was
> >upwards of 600gb save to muliple LTO tapes.  This
> was
> >a localized backup.
> >
> >What do you think?
> >
> >SEAGATE LTO Ultrium 1
> >SUN Solaris
> >NetWorker 6.1.2
>
> I think you have very compressable data and you're
> getting the data
> to your drives fast enough (easier since it's local)
> that your drives
> are never kept waiting.
>
> This fall our site upgraded from DLT7000 to
> SuperDLT1 -- we were badly
> in need of more capacity.  The first few tapes we
> had that filled at 170+
> Gig made me smile, but we've had a couple tapes
> since that have gone over
> 370 or 400 Gig, and *that* makes my management
> smile.
>
> In short: rejoice and be happy (but clone the volume
> or do a few spot
> recovers from it, for your own peace of mind).  :-)
>
> Tim
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