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SL150 - Can Encrypted Data Still be Compressed? (Doc ID 2480720.1)

Last updated on MARCH 17, 2025

Applies to:

LTO Tape Drive - Version All Versions and later
StorageTek SL150 Modular Tape Library - Version All Versions and later
Information in this document applies to any platform.

Library : SL150
Drive : IBM LTO5, LTO6

Goal

 Want to confirm if Blowfish Encryption, (aka Application Encryption) may be causing an issue for Hardware Compression?

 Can Encrypted data be Compressed?

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