Kelly, You are absolutely right. I double checked and there was a compression on the client side.
Nathan Himmel Semech Software Marketing LTD. Tel:(972)-3-5333144 Fax:(972)-3-5333132 Email:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kelly Lipp" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, November 08, 2001 10:57 PM Subject: Re: 3590 - Estimate Capacity question > I'm guessing you are compressing your data on the client side before you > send it to the server. Otherwise you should be seeing much higher capacity > numbers. It's either that or your drives aren't actually compressing the > data. Yes, the report will indicate how much data actually went on the > tape. > > Kelly J. Lipp > Storage Solutions Specialists, Inc. > PO Box 51313 > Colorado Springs, CO 80949 > [EMAIL PROTECTED] or [EMAIL PROTECTED] > www.storsol.com or www.storserver.com > (719)531-5926 > Fax: (240)539-7175 > > > -----Original Message----- > From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of > Nathan Himmel > Sent: Thursday, November 08, 2001 12:35 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: 3590 - Estimate Capacity quesion > > > Hi, > > Customer is using TSM V4.1 server on Windows 2000, 3494-ATL, 3590B1A drives > which should support the Extended Length cartridges and 3590 model K > cartridges (20GB uncompressed). > "q vol" reports: Estimate Capacity is about 18GB, Status is FULL, Pct Util > is about 95-100% and Pct. Reclaimable Space is about 0-5% (There is no tape > with more then 18GB). > Compression is done on the Drive side. > FORMAT = DRIVE is defined on the Devclass. > I would expect that the Estimate Capacity should indicate the actual > capacity on the tapes (after compression), regardless of what is defined on > the Devclass. > Is this a real problem or only a report problem? > > Any idea? > > > Nathan Himmel > Semech Software Marketing LTD. > Tel:(972)-3-5333144 > Fax:(972)-3-5333132 > Email:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
