Scott,
The beefy ones probably should be the fileservers as
each file server performs the vos dumps of the backup volumes on
its vice partitions. The tape machines use very little CPU during
the writing to tape.
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On Tue, 23 Jul 1996 14:29:41 -0700 Scott Grosch wrote:
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> 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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> Scott Grosch JF1-22, Pole D18, first floor 503-264-4812
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