So here's the deal. I have 3 database servers and 8 fileservers (3 of which
are the database servers).
I've devided the volumes into 7 approximately even sized groupings for dumps.
I then do something like:
Sunday: level 0 of set 1
Monday: level 1 of set 1
Tuesday: level 1 of set 1
Wednesday: level 1 of set 1
Thursday: level 2 of set 1
Friday: level 2 of set 1
Saturday: level 2 of set 1
I do the same thing for all seven sets, except shifted by 1 (set 2 starts the
cycle on Monday).
The question is, what machines should be the beefy ones? Should I upgrade
the 3 database servers, or will the fileservers be the ones getting pegged?
Or, on the other hand, will the machine running the vos dump and sending it
out to a tape drive need the most power?
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