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1st, try formatting the tapes with your backup software.<br />
2nd, set your backup software to overwrite data on the tape.<br />
3rd, what kind of compression are you using? Hardware/Software/Both =&gt; if the answer on this one is &quot;both&quot; set it to hardware only, using more compression schemes sometimes causes files to get even bigger.<br />
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4th: &gt;&gt;What does the 12/24 GB mean ? <br />
This means the tape supports 12 GB of uncompressed data and 24 GB of compressed data (the last one can't be reached normally, with a normal mix of files 17 GB is a nice amount of data to fit on only one tape.<br />
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Greetings, LucF<br />

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1st, try formatting the tapes with your backup software.
2nd, set your backup software to overwrite data on the tape.
3rd, what kind of compression are you using? Hardware/Software/Both => if the answer on this one is "both" set it to hardware only, using more compression schemes sometimes causes files to get even bigger.

4th: >>What does the 12/24 GB mean ?
This means the tape supports 12 GB of uncompressed data and 24 GB of compressed data (the last one can't be reached normally, with a normal mix of files 17 GB is a nice amount of data to fit on only one tape.

Greetings, LucF


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Note DDS-2 tapes have a 4GB native capacity, 8 gigs with compression on a good day, downhill with a tailwind.
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Note DDS-2 tapes have a 4GB native capacity, 8 gigs with compression on a good day, downhill with a tailwind.

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chicagoan, I think you should have gotten some points...... <br />
egascho, do you agree if I post a &quot;points for chicagoan&quot; question?
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chicagoan, I think you should have gotten some points......
egascho, do you agree if I post a "points for chicagoan" question?

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We have a &quot;Compaq 12/24 GB DAT&quot; tape drive on a server -model C1537A. &nbsp;How much should we be able to put on one tape?<br />
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We use both DDS-2 and DDS-3 tapes.<br />
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We can't seem to put more than 5 gig on a tape before it asks for a second tape.<br />
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What does the 12/24 GB mean ?
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We have a "Compaq 12/24 GB DAT" tape drive on a server -model C1537A.  How much should we be able to put on one tape?

We use both DDS-2 and DDS-3 tapes.

We can't seem to put more than 5 gig on a tape before it asks for a second tape.

What does the 12/24 GB mean ?

DDS-2 vs DDS-3 tapes -what is the capacity?

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