Brandon
From what I've read on this list the netusage parameter is merely
advisory to help with the planner.
--
Martin
Brandon Moro wrote:
> Also, as to my original question, I am still wondering whether I should bump
> these numbers up or down in order to increase the amount of traffice (or
> numbers of running dumpers) that amanda will allow.
>
> netusage 4000 Kbps # maximum net bandwidth for Amanda, in KB per sec
>
> define interface le0 {
> comment "100 Mbps ethernet"
> use 4000 kbps
>
>
> I'm pretty sure I RAISE the netusage variable, but what do I do to the
> interface 'use' attribute?
>
> B
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Martin Hepworth [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Thursday, March 07, 2002 9:32 AM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Cc: Brandon Moro
> Subject: Re: netusage, high or low?
>
>
> Brandon
>
> err you mention the le0 interface in the config.
>
> Is this correct 'cos the the le0 interface is a 10base system, not
> 100base!..
>
> --
> Martin
>
> Brandon Moro wrote:
>
>
>>Hello all!
>>
>>I am having some troubles with my AMANDA backups running too long. They
>>often take 20+ hours,
>>sometimes even breaking the 24-hour mark. The average amount of data I
>>
> get
>
>>is only about 35GB.
>>
>>I am running my amanda-server on Solaris8, on a Sun Ultra5 400MHz with
>>
> 256MB
>
>>RAM, on a 100mbps
>>connection. I have 2 DLT 7000 tape drives set up (though it very rarely
>>roles over).
>>
>>Recently, I put a larger holding disk on the server and found that my run
>>time was cut more than in half!
>>However, I notice that I am still only getting a total of about 3GB an
>>
> hour.
>
>>The data runs from the holding
>>disk to tape at more like 6MB/s.
>>
>>We have a couple of other backup systems running on almost identical
>>hardware that puts more than
>>twice as much data to tape in slightly less time. So I guess what I am
>>really asking is, am I missing
>>something in the configuration of AMANDA sthat will allow better usage of
>>the network connection?
>>
>>I found this in the amanda.conf file:
>>
>>netusage 4000 Kbps # maximum net bandwidth for Amanda, in KB per sec
>>(blah blah)
>>
>>network interfaces
>>
>>..... Attributes are:
>>use - bandwidth above which amanda won't
>>start
>> backups using this interface.
>>Note that if
>> a single backup will take more
>>than that,
>> amanda won't try to make it run
>>slower!
>>
>>define interface local {
>> comment "a local disk"
>> use 1000 kbps
>>}
>>
>>define interface le0 {
>> comment "100 Mbps ethernet"
>> use 4000 kbps
>>
>>
>>So, does this mean that if my dumpers are using 4000kbps, amanda won't
>>
> allow
>
>>any more
>>dumpers to start (even if the maximum number of allowed dumpers has not
>>
> been
>
>>reached)?
>>
>>Can I improve performance by raising the netusage variable and "use"
>>attribute to something
>>more in line with the actual capacity of the amanda-server's network
>>connection?
>>
>>Also, the network interface on the amanda-server is actually "hme0". Are
>>the above simply
>>examples? Should I create a new interface definition?
>>
>>Thanks for your help!
>>
>>Brandon Moro
>>Systems Administration, Unify Corporation
>>[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>>---------------------
>>>From meanness first this Portsmouth Yankey rose, And still to meanness all
>>his conduct flows. --Oppression, A poem by an American (Boston, 1765).
>>
>>
>>
>>
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