Huh... I just moved the block size from 8->32K and the buffer from 32->128K on my Seagate AIT-1s, and I'm now seeing full device speed (180 MB/minute native) on my backups, instead of 80-100 MB/minute. Good tip!
-----Original Message----- From: Ron Jameson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, April 04, 2002 12:42 PM To: NT 2000 Discussions Subject: RE: Veritas backup rate? (Problem Solved) Just checked my setting and it was set for 64k. Guess I will continue in trying a good way to increase speeds of the gazillions of little files being backed up. Ron -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Jacob Sent: Thursday, April 04, 2002 12:05 PM To: NT 2000 Discussions Subject: RE: Veritas backup rate? (Problem Solved) Go to the Devices Tab - right click on the Tape device and go to properties. In the configuration tab, change the settings. The default 1K. At 11:51 AM 4/4/2002 -0600, you wrote: >Jacob - is that setting in the BE setup? > >-----Original Message----- >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Jacob >Sent: Thursday, April 04, 2002 11:37 AM >To: NT 2000 Discussions >Subject: Re: Veritas backup rate? (Problem Solved) > > > >Problem solved, thanks to Benchmark's tech support. Block size and buffer >size settings. I set each to 64K. I am now seeing 80 MB / min. > >At 07:31 PM 4/3/2002 -0800, you wrote: > >Transferring the data from a server to the backup server is quick... about > >4 MB / sec... Entire Network in 3 hours.. > > > >It is doing the backup on the backup server itself that is the problem > > > >At 02:29 AM 4/4/2002 +0200, you wrote: > >>----- Original Message ----- > >>From: "Jacob" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >>To: "NT 2000 Discussions" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >>Sent: Wednesday, April 03, 2002 9:45 PM > >>Subject: RE: Veritas backup rate? > >> > >> > >> > Did a backup of 19,800 files for a total of 164 MB in one folder. I >used > >> > the built-in Windows 2000 backup software and got a rate of 29 MB / >min... > >> > woohoo!!! > >> > >>if you xcopy the files to the backup server how fast is that ? > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >>------ > >>You are subscribed as [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >>Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp > >>To unsubscribe send a blank email to %%email.unsub%% > > > > > > > >------ > >You are subscribed as [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp > >To unsubscribe send a blank email to %%email.unsub%% > > > >------ >You are subscribed as [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp >To unsubscribe send a blank email to %%email.unsub%% > > > >------ >You are subscribed as [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp >To unsubscribe send a blank email to %%email.unsub%% ------ You are subscribed as [EMAIL PROTECTED] Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp To unsubscribe send a blank email to %%email.unsub%% ------ You are subscribed as [EMAIL PROTECTED] Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp To unsubscribe send a blank email to %%email.unsub%% ------ You are subscribed as [email protected] Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
