[Q]:How to store 10Gbyte data in an 8mm tape?

From: Peng Wei <pengw_at_astrosv1.ihep.ac.cn>
Date: Mon, 02 Dec 1996 21:36:02 +0800

Hi, Everybody!
I have an Exabyte 8505XLE tape driver connecting to AlphaStation(OS is
DU 3.2). The guidebook says it can store 10G data in an D8-112 8mm tape
when data are compressed by the driver. I use it by means:
#tar cvf /dev/rmt0h data &
#dump -f /dev/rmt0h data
but only about 5G data can be stored in one tape.
Who can tell me how to utilize the compressing data function of the
tape driver?
Thanks!
W. Peng
Lab. of High Energy Astrophysics
IHEP, China
Received on Mon Dec 02 1996 - 14:53:30 NZDT