Not using the FULL capacity of tape

[wallacealex]

I am using 40/70 (compression) DLT tapes but noticed that the tapes are not even using native capacity. I imagine that compression is done through the hardware, how is it possible to check that the compression feature is activated through the hardware?.

 

[comtec17]

Depending on the make and model of you drive, there are jumpers on the older DLT drives. With the newer drives, this is on by default.