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calspec · 10-17-2014

We are running BE 2010 with a LTO-2 Dell PowerFault 110T. We have a daily backup running using hardware compression. On Wednesdays, the backup fails because the tape runs out of room. It appears the tape is only running with a 1.1:1 compression ra...

calspec · 11-05-2014

It was a dirty drive. I had to disassemble and clean the drive manually, using the cleaning tapes wasn't cutting it. All is well now with 1.6:1 compression ratio every day. Thanks, Steve

calspec · 10-22-2014

I agree. The problem is the amount of zeros on the end of the price tag. It ran fine again last night with decent compression. We'll see if it continues for now.

calspec · 10-21-2014

We are definitely approaching the limit so a new larger drive is in the works. With compression, it's about 175GB of 200GB, so there's not a lot left. I just re-ran the same backup job on the same tape after re-seating cables and cleaning drive hea...

calspec · 10-21-2014

It failed again last night (Monday Night), so I think there's something besides the AV causing it as AV doesn't scan until tonight (Tues Night). I dug through all the errors and I was mistaken. In addition to failing on Wed, it has failed one Mon a...

calspec · 10-20-2014

It's the same selectionl list and same job for all days. It's the only job. I'll know if it will fail tomorrow night, I scheduled the AV scan for Tues instead of Wed. I'll report my findings.

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It was a dirty drive. I had

I agree. The problem is the

We are definitely approaching

It failed again last night

It's the same selectionl list