Colorado T-1000 Tapes

[CA1069443]

I have 3 questions: 1) What tapes are compatible with this tape drive? I can't find TR-1 any longer. 2) I got a DC2120 tape but it gives me an error 115E (11020,1) when I use it - can't even format this tape. 3) no matter what type of compression I set - the backups always go at a 1:1.....uses a lot of tapes this way.

[Munir_1 · Accepted solution]

Travan TR-1 Tape Cartridge With QIC-80 Format are the only tapes that you can use on T1000 drive
You can find some TR1 tapes here:
www.pricewatch.com

Search for Travan:
http://castle.pricewatch.com/search/search.idq?qc="TRAVAN"*&cr=Travan

[CA1069443]

Question (1) was answered....thank you....Any information regarding what the error means or how to make the backup compress - or why it won't?

[Munir_1]

For the compression on the old type drives, itâ s a software issue more than itâ s a hardware issue.
The only thing I suggest is trying another software to see if you still get 1:1 compression
And make sure your data you are compressing are not compressed data
You cannot compress compressed data it will only get larger because of overhead.

Donâ t know what the error means, but I will keep looking an see if I can get info on the error

[Mohammed Ali_2]

Hi Jaci,

I don't know what kind of data you're backing up.

Compression ratio is dependent on data being backed up.

For instance, if your data is already compressed (ie graphics), you'll get poor compression.

You're only increasing your overhead in such a case and wont be getting any real compression.

In fact, you'll be getting less out of your compression


Hope this clarifies.