There are little GB of mpeg.... If I try to set compression off and backup 3 directory (all 555MB, no multimedia files) I get :
VolBytes: 488,242,591 The same backup with compression on is: VolBytes: 488,242,591 The result is equal!!! Why? Compression is on or off? Thanks... Quoting Martin Simmons <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: >>>>>> On Mon, 12 Jun 2006 11:29:27 +0200, Andrea Soracchi >>>>>> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: >> >> Hi, >> >> I have a HP Dat Storage 72/36 (DDS 4) and I have installed Bacula >> 1.38.9 (02 May 2006). >> Bacula works very well, but I have a problem with compression hardware >> of my DAT. >> >> If I check compression of my DAT with the command mt -f /dev/nst0 >> datcompression (after a umount command from bconsole) I get: >> >> Compression on. >> >> I have a Backup of 38 GB (There are various type of files >> (doc,xls,mpeg...) ). >> When I run the Job for that backup, I must >> insert two tape!!! >> In the first Tape there's a 36GB, and remaining GB in the second tape. >> >> The compression seems not to work. >> How can I check if the compression is active and working during a job? >> >> Can you help me? > > How many GB of mpegs (or other multimedia files)? The hardware cannot > compress these files (in fact DDS 4 hardware compression will probably make > them larger). > > __Martin > Andrea Soracchi Netbuilder S.r.l. _______________________________________________ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
