I do not know. I was able to backup all the information that I needed and it was verified. I am in the process of doing a test restore to see if it works.
If it backs up everything I need and a couple of test restores work without any problems, I will "assume" that it is safe. Jacob At 02:19 PM 4/5/2002 -0500, you wrote: >Is there anywhere on your tape device book or somewhere that states what >is safe to use with it? meaning how high of a block size to go or for >the buffer? > >avi > > > >-----Original Message----- >From: Ryan Malayter [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] >Sent: Thursday, April 04, 2002 6:08 PM >To: NT 2000 Discussions >Subject: RE: Veritas backup rate? (Problem Solved) > > >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.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]
