It is quite possible that your catalog database cannot keep up with your backups. I'd start there.
...... Original Message ....... On Tue, 06 Nov 2007 11:17:10 -0500 "Shon Stephens" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >I was just wondering what the factors limiting the speed with which >Bacula writes to tape are? I performed some testing on my LTO-3 drive >and found that the theoretical limit is 276G/hr, while my backups are >writing at around 174G/hr. The client is the Bacula system itself. The >FD is reading files from a filesystem that resides on a SATAbeast FCA >attached storage array. The files are Oracle dumps, and the options I >have specified are: > > signature = MD5 > verify = pins5 > sparse = yes > noatime = yes > >The only compression I am using is the tape devices compression, which >at 2:1 compression should be over 500G/hr. I wrote a 3.4T job in >19h30m. At what seems to be a compression of 1.5:1. This should still >be faster than the 174G/hr its acheiving. > >Would using MD5 signatures slow this up? >Are any of these settings tunable and do they affect Bacula performance? > >mt-back4.director Version: 2.0.3 (06 March 2007) i386-pc-solaris2.8 solaris 5.8 >Daemon started 05-Nov-07 07:07, 5 Jobs run since started. > Heap: bytes=72,064 max_bytes=74,700 bufs=376 max_bufs=397 > > >Thanks, >Shon > >------------------------------------------------------------------------- >This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. >Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. >Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX and a browser. >Download your FREE copy of Splunk now >> http://get.splunk.com/ >_______________________________________________ >Bacula-users mailing list >Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net >https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX and a browser. Download your FREE copy of Splunk now >> http://get.splunk.com/ _______________________________________________ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
