Compressing / Zipping .bak Backup Files

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David Pless
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Compressing / Zipping .bak Backup Files

Is it safe to compress backup files via Windows 2000's
methods or compress backup files via winzip (winrar or
winace)?

I am running out of disk space due to large backup files.

Any suggestions?

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Oleg Deshin
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Re: Compressing / Zipping .bak Backup Files

Hi

> Is it safe to compress backup files via Windows 2000's
> methods or compress backup files via winzip (winrar or
> winace)?

It is absolutely safe. I use both methods on my production servers for
several years and it works fine.

I would recommend you to use WinRAR instead of WinZIP.
WinRAR supports much bigger files and compress them better.

Regards,
Oleg.

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