On Mon, Aug 25, 2008 at 04:32:07PM -0400, kurianv wrote:
> hi,
> thanx for the reply...i have two questions ? Could you tell me a
> precise reason why netappp filers cant be compressed? By the way can u
> also tell me if it was any data other than netapp filers then how
> would u compress it for scheduled backups?

What tape drives are you using?  As mentioned, they are probably
*already* compressing on tape.

Otherwise, Networker compression is done on the client, but NDMP devices
(like a Network Appliance filer) don't have a Networker client
installed.  So compression there isn't an option.

-- 
Darren

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