Mousehunt <[email protected]> wrote on 08/14/2009 12:15:13 PM: > Hi All, > > I have a customer who has a file server. The server data is about > 700GB but the number of files is 2 million.
I know the feeling (if not the same number of files); my main file share is 1.5TB or so. > They are currently using tape to backup and it uses 12 hours for a > full backup. The customer wanted to reduce to 8 hours and they are > using Veritas NetBackup v6.5. > > May I know how can we achieve what the customer wants. Any > suggestion is welcome. Backup to disk first, so the backing up finishes first. Then dump to tape. That may take longer than 12 hrs total, but the majority of it is cloning to tape (that's the term EMC Networker uses for that). ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
