> A DLE using tape spanning from a client (amanda 2.5.1p3 Debian/Sarge) > to server (2.5.2p1 SGI/Irix) just seems to dump **extremely** slowly: > so far in ~8hrs not even one chunk of 9GB has made it to tape. All the > other DLEs (non-spanning) on that client dump as fast as the network > allows and all the other DLEs (local, with or without spanning) dump > as fast as the tape drive can stream.
Just a wild guess: are you sure it could not be a network problem? I had a similar problem recently, it occured that the client lost it ethernet negociation to the ethernet switch and just any type of network transaction to/from thi client was terribly slow. Best regards, Olivier
