Amanda-Users

Re: Compress the data

2002-11-13 19:05:47
Subject: Re: Compress the data
From: Niall O Broin <niall AT magicgoeshere DOT com>
To: amanda-users AT amanda DOT org
Date: Wed, 13 Nov 2002 22:51:51 +0000
On Wed, Nov 13, 2002 at 01:55:33PM -0800, Mahidhar Kada wrote:

> How do I configure Amanda to compress the data which is backed up, so
> that the tape can fit with more data.

RTFM. In general, using software compression, where either the backup client
or server does the compression, will maximise the amount of data you get on
tape. If using software compression, you must ensure that hardware
compression is off on your drive.


Regards,


Niall  O Broin

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