Today, John Abreau gleaned this insight:
> We're trying to set up a Veritas backup system, and it's been suggested
> that we add an additional network card to each host to create an extra LAN
> for the backups. I'm concerned because this will bypass out firewall.
> However, one of the reasons we need to do this is that the existing
> Veritas setup is apparently overloading the firewall, and the backup
> processes lose their connections and abort when this happens.
Errr... you're backing up stuff through a firewall? I don't know anything
about your setup, but that sounds like a really bad idea in general...
I would look at finding a way to back up those systems that doesn't
involve going through a firewall.
Adding a second NIC doesn't seem like it should circumvent your firewall
either, you just create a seperate private LAN that only those
machines belong to. Connect them via a switch. No firewall.
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