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What is the difference between multiplexing and multistreaming?
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Multiplexing sends data from multiple clients to a single tape drive. Other Support Resources
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clients cannot send data fast enough to keep the tape drive busy, multiplexing will allow backups of multiple Ask an expert. Join collaborative
clients to send data to a single tape drive simultaneously. Multiplexing is the process of alternately sending product discussions within our
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Multiplexing and multistreaming can be used together. The right combination can reduce backup times of large
clients. Be aware that multiplexing will reduce the performance of restores. The larger the multiplexing factor, Was this article helpful to you?
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Care should be taken to ensure that more than one stream does not access one physical disk at the same
time, as this can cause "disk head thrashing" and may eventually lead to disk failure.
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