On Wed, 20 Nov 2002 at 2:13pm, marc.bigler AT day DOT com wrote

> I have got here a DDS-3 tape drive which has per default hardware
> compression enabled and was wondering what is the best deal with AMANDA.
> Would you guys suggest hardware compression or should I disable hardware
> compression and have software compression done for example with gzip ?

It's personal preference, really.  If you've got the cycles, software 
compression is generally better and (depending on CPU power of course) 
faster than hardware.  It also allows amanda to better plan, as it knows 
*exactly* how big your tapes are and can keep a history of compression 
levels.  Hardware compression, well, takes load off your server and/or 
clients, but you have to lie to amanda about your tapelength.

-- 
Joshua Baker-LePain
Department of Biomedical Engineering
Duke University