I'm being asked for more detail and I apologize for not providing more in my
original question. My network is a 100mb/full-duplex. All of the servers I
am backing up, including my Legato server are directly connected to a
100mb/full-duplex Cisco switch. My network statistics show very little or
no collisions or errors. I've scheduled my backups so as not to have more
than 2 backups running at a time. The Legato server configs are mostly
defaults.
Thanks again. Sorry for not including more detail in the original posting.
Kim Roy
UNIX Consultant, ITD
-----Original Message-----
From: Roy, Kim [mailto:kroy_at_ss.ca.gov]
Sent: Thursday, March 23, 2000 1:33 PM
To: Managers Tru64 Unix
Subject: slow backups over the network
Hi all,
I am experiencing some severe lag time with my network backups using Legato
5.5 with Tru64 UNIX 4.d through 4.0f. I am using a 48 slot TL 812 with 4
tape drives, all TZ88s. Would upgrading to faster tape drives help? Which
tape drives are recommended? Management won't buy off on implementing a
dedicated fddi ring for backup purposes, so I have to think of something
else quick. Some backups run up to 15 hours (for about 65GB of data). If
anyone could suggest ways of speeding up these backups, I would be most
appreciative.
Thanks in advance. I will summarize.
Kim Roy
UNIX Consultant, ITD
Received on Thu Mar 23 2000 - 19:04:42 NZST