So, I understand the subject of software vs: hardware
compression now (thanks for that very enlightening description of why it's good
to let Amanda handle the compression, Chris) but now I'm wondering about the
question of server vs: client compression. I would tend to think that it would
be best to use client compression, if possible, because then you can take
advantage of the parallel nature of all of those separate processors working on
their compression tasks. But from what several people have said, it seems like
server side compression is a common choice.
Why would I want to choose one over the other? (Beyond the
fact that in my particular case, client side compression isn't actually working
for recovery purposes.)
Thanks for answering all these questions, guys. :)
-Sandro
