After I saw the series of postings on VXA tape capacity, I thought
it would help to get some info to you straight from us at Ecrix.
In this email, you'll find answers to these questions:
- Which files compress and which don't?
- How does Dantz software compression work with VXA?
- How does a VXA
on 3/1/01 6:59 AM, Douglas K Wyman at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I have set up one of my clients with an Ecrix VXA tape drive using the above
media. It was my understanding that with the hardware compression built into
the drive turned on I would get the full 66 Gig capacity. My client has just
From: Rob Findlay [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Ecrix VXA 33/66 tapes with Retrospect
That's what I wanted to know
Thanks Garret. Thanks also to Douglas who suggested I upgrade the firmware.
Does anyone use software compression or is this a waste of time? I'm sure it
slows things down
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From: "Garret J. Cleversley" [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Reply-To: "retro-talk" [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Thu, 01 Mar 2001 11:04:19 -0500
To: retrospect [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Ecrix VXA 33/66 tapes with Retrospect
on 3/1/01 6:59
on 3/1/01 11:28 AM, Rob Findlay at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Does anyone use software compression or is this a waste of time? I'm sure it
slows things down even more.
It slows it down and is unneeded as hardware compression is built in.
Garret
on 3/1/01 8:04 AM, "Garret J. Cleversley" [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I am very happy with this as graphics files are very compressible (sp?).
Garret
Eh? It really depends on the type of file you are compressing.
If the image (or any data for that matter) is already stored in a compressed
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-Original Message-
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf
Of Daniel O'Donnell
Sent: Thursday, March 01, 2001 2:12 PM
To: retro-talk
Subject: Re: Ecrix VXA 33/66 tapes with Retrospect
I was puzzled by the statement as well. The biggest files these days
tend to be motion graphics
At 18:48 +0800 3/1/01, Rob Findlay wrote:
Hi Backup People,
I have set up one of my clients with an Ecrix VXA tape drive using the above
media. It was my understanding that with the hardware compression built into
the drive turned on I would get the full 66 Gig capacity. My client has just
rung
At 1:41 PM -0600 3/1/01, Ben Liberman wrote:
1. make sure VXA drive has the latest firmware
2. make sure VXA drive has hardware compression turned on
3. make sure VXA drive favors capacity over speed
There are 2 settings, when configuring the VXA drive, that that affect tape
capacity...
