Tricky question. I run DLT7000s, which are 35/70GB drives. In general, I get enough compression to hit about 60-62GB on the tape, which works out to be around 1.7:1 compression. YMMV
------------------------------------------------------ Roger D. Seielstad - MCSE Sr. Systems Administrator Inovis - Formerly Harbinger and Extricity Atlanta, GA > -----Original Message----- > From: Pfefferkorn, Pete (PFEFFEPE) [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Wednesday, January 15, 2003 3:41 PM > To: Exchange Discussions > Subject: Backup onto LTO and compression question. > > > This might be somewhat of a vague question. We current have a > DellPowervault LTO 110T backup tape drive on our primary > Exchange Server. > It will back up 100 Gig non-compressed or 200 Gig compressed. > Does anyone > know the maximum size an Exchange DB can be if you use > compression on the > tape? I'm not sure how well the Exchange DB will compress. > > Pete Pfefferkorn > Senior Systems Engineer/Mail Administrator > University of Cincinnati > 51 Goodman Street > Cincinnati, OH 45221 > Phone - (513) 556-9076 > Fax - (513) 556-2042 > > > _________________________________________________________________ > List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm > Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp > To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > _________________________________________________________________ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
