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тАО09-12-2002 01:37 AM
тАО09-12-2002 01:37 AM
Is this normal ??? If not, what can we do to increase this time ?
Greetings Robert
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тАО09-12-2002 01:45 AM
тАО09-12-2002 01:45 AM
Re: backup dds3
If it's fbackup, you can specify a config file to use
eg fbackup -vf
The config file can contain a number of options (see fbackup man page), but one of the most useful is
blocksperrecord 128
(the default for this value is 16)
Adding this in (if not already present) should speed up your backup
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тАО09-12-2002 01:49 AM
тАО09-12-2002 01:49 AM
Re: backup dds3
DDS3 does 1 Mb/sec =3,6 Gb/hr. So your speed is not OK.
You should check all the components in the path (from disk to tape) and check the speed of it to find the bottleneck.
You could provide the forum more info (f.i. which backup program; what system; backup over network)
Good luck
Donald
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тАО09-12-2002 01:51 AM
тАО09-12-2002 01:51 AM
Re: backup dds3
The DDS3 drive can reach a performance of 3.6GB/h native and 7.2GB/h compressed , the drive is not the bottleneck.
What kind of data do you back up and which backup program do you use. Can you describe your enviroment.
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тАО09-12-2002 01:56 AM
тАО09-12-2002 01:56 AM
Re: backup dds3
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тАО09-12-2002 02:05 AM
тАО09-12-2002 02:05 AM
Solutionblocksperrecord 128
records 32
checkpointfreq 256
readerprocesses 4
maxretries 1
retrylimit 0
maxvoluses 1000
The other major factor is the DDS3 drive being on a SCSI bus of its own - ie. not sharing with any disks. This can slow it down a lot if its sharing a bus.
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тАО09-12-2002 02:54 AM
тАО09-12-2002 02:54 AM
Re: backup dds3
Through my experience if you are using tar,then it takes quite some time to backup the amount of data.
11 hours is ok.
Thanks
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тАО09-12-2002 11:12 PM
тАО09-12-2002 11:12 PM
Re: backup dds3
there are two points of discussion. The first is how is the backup down by the hard- and software, the second is what data
is ist.
First use for the backup device a separate scsi-path. Check if compression is enabled at the tape device and check if your are using the approbiate devive /dev/rmt/... . If possible use a fw-scsi-tape, e.g. dlt7000. A common mistake is to connect a dlt-tape with single ended scsi!
Look at your data choosen for backup. Normally it takes more time if you get a bunch of small files to backup and it takes less time for a few big files.
Last give some info about the server, the model. If it is slow then think about another backup plan.
By, Ulf