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Re: DDS4 tape drive question

Paul Rubin

2004-12-10, 2:45 am

"T.B." <balfour@donotsendme.unsolicitedmail.grandecom.net> writes:
> Do DDS4 tapes all have a standard limit? Is it 20gb raw, and 40gb
> compressed?

That's the claim, though if you have a lot of already-compressed files
such as media files, they won't compress any further.