This is my first post here - I thought people should never use tape hw
compression because each vendor implements their own compression
protocols.  Say you need to restore files from a different tape host and
if your not using the exact same hw vendor then you might have an
*issue* or two? 

--and keep in mind this logic that is in my head is for "other" backup
programs I do not know how Amanda deals with (or even cares) about low
level mt/st stuff. 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-amanda-users AT amanda DOT org [mailto:owner-amanda-
> users AT amanda DOT org] On Behalf Of Olivier Nicole
> Sent: Tuesday, May 01, 2007 11:02 PM
> To: dist-list AT LEXUM.UMontreal DOT CA
> Cc: amanda-users AT amanda DOT org
> Subject: Re: activate HW compression
> 
> Hi,
> 
> > How can I enable Hw compression ? do I  have to do it for each tape
?
> > What if A reboot the server ?
> 
> Yes you have to activate it for each tape, and on the safe side, I
> would activate it before each amanda run, so make it part of the cron
> that runs amanda dumps.
> 
> Olivier