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hetfield_86's avatar
14 years ago

About hardware compression...

 Hello everybody I have this situation: when I backup a linux or windows directory to tape, this device compress it well. But on a Backup Policy, with a Duplicate Template to tape, the directory ...
  • CraigV's avatar
    14 years ago

    Hi Hetfield,

     

    If your data is already compressed, it won't compress again.

    It's the same as trying to compress a zip file...same concept.

    Seeing as how it was compressed once to tape, that's all you will get when duplicating.

     

    Craig