Re: archive compression question

DBA Resources (dbaresrc@xmission.com) wrote: : We are looking at getting either a 4mm or an 8mm device to do OnLine : archives. Each of these devices has on-board hardware compression that : can double or triple the native capacities of the drives. : My question is this -- will the data stream coming out of the engine com- : press or is it like a gif file that is as compressed as it can get? : If anyone has experience with this I would appreciate the help. : Thanks : Carlton Carlton, I've used both compessing and non-commpressing drives. I've found that you do get decent compression....tbtape seems to just dump pages. Besides, using the compressing drives, I always get lots better speed. Joe : ______________________________________________________________________ : Carlton Doe "It's not *over* until I win!" : DBA Resources, Inc. -- Les Brown : Salt Lake City, UT : carlton@errin.dbaresrc.com http://www.xmission.com/~dbaresrc : dbaresrc@xmission.com : PGP key: finger -l dbaresrc@xmission.com -- --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Joe Lumbley(jlumbley@netcom.com) Dallas, Texas ----------------------------------------------------------------------------