Chapter 4 Theory

Data Compression

Software data compression should never be used because the LTO-3 Tape Drive's built-in intelligent data compression is much more efficient than software data compression systems.

The LTO-3 Tape Drive uses a derivative of ALDC-2 lossless data compression that includes additional control codes for intelligent data compression.

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