Once again

20/40 just means 20 GB native and 40 GB compressed at 2:1. Since compression
varies widely depending on your data type(s), I usually figure, rule of thumb,
to expect about 1.3:1. 23GB on a 20/40 drive works out to about 1.15:1. A
little in the low side I must admit. What kind if data is it MP3s,.EXEs,
compressed graphics files none of these compress well because they are already
compressed.

Barry wrote:

> help ...
>
> i'm only getting 26 gb on to my 40 gb tape / drive
>
> have tried using hardware, then software compression, but still no joy, can
> any one help ??
>
> i'm using maxell 150m 20 gb tapes and a dell 20/40 gb tape drive
>
> thanks
>
> barry