Does the tape drive support it? ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jim Helfer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Exchange Discussions" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, January 17, 2003 11:05 AM Subject: NTbackup hardware compression ?
> > I was wondering if hardware compression is generally effective when doing > an Exchange-aware NTbackup backup, or if the databases are already > compressed? > > I have a 12GB capacity DDS3 tape drive that I use to do on-line backups of > my Exchange server. I have made sure that I am either using the command line > switch /hc:on, or checking "hardware compression" in the NTbackup screeen. > > However, since my Priv.Edb creeped up to >12 Gig, the backup spans two > tapes. > > Could there be something I'm doing incorrectly, or is it time to get a > bigger tape drive, or an Exchange backup program that understands tape > loaders, or just deal with the additional pain of tape flipping? > > Thanks for any info > > > Jim Helfer > WTW Architects > Pittsburgh PA > Go Stillers ! (next year) > > _________________________________________________________________ > 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]
