Re: Any downside to compressing exchsrvr folder and subfolders

From: SuperGumby [SBS MVP] (not_at_your.nellie)
Date: 06/27/04 

Date: Mon, 28 Jun 2004 08:37:00 +1000

You'll be lucky to get better than 1.2:1 compression unless your backup only
included easily compressible information. I'm not sure about your Exchange
but the system folders will not compress much, there is no reason not to use
tape compression just don't expect much out of it.

"RM Denton" <RMDenton@aol.com> wrote in message
news:224c101c45c8d$1dae68d0$a001280a@phx.gbl...
> My information store is growing and my tape backup is
> trying to grow to 2 tapes. The tapes are 20g or 40g
> compressed. I haven't set anything to compress because I
> am not sure if it will create problems. Compressing would
> solve my tape backup capacity problem.
>
> Has anyone experienced any problem after setting exchange
> server folders, system folders or any other folders to
> compress?
>
> Thanks in advance for the help.

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