On Wed, Apr 16, 2008 at 1:27 PM, Jim Majorowicz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Must be complete in 10 Hours!
660 GB (write then read 330 GB) in ten hours is 1.1 gigabytes per minute. That's easily possible with today's mid-range tape drives (LTO, DLT, etc.). You'll need good equipment, though -- if this is an el cheapo server you might be in trouble. A slow disk subsystem might mean the server won't be able to push the data out to the tape drive fast enough to keep the tape drive happy. > The current backup system is taking about 24 hours to do this ... USB 2.0 > drive. Have you tried benchmarking the raw I/O performance of the USB drive? A lot of those USB attachments have really poor performance. -- Ben ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm> ~
