on 7/13/00 8:00 PM, retro-talk at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> I'm not sure it's going to happen. I've been *begging* for this for over a
> year.
>
> I'd LOVE to know, given a set of circumstances (such as number of clients,
> backup sessions, backup set size, processor speed, number of processors,
> etc), what kind of performance I might expect.
>
> It would help when preparing to purchase Retrospect for Windows servers...
>
> As it is, I somewhat blindly chose rather "huge" servers (and blindly chose
> the number of servers) to ensure maximum performance (minimum file matching
> times, etc).
>
> How do I know if I went overboard? I don't, but I spent a *bundle* of money
> just to ensure I didn't undershoot my goals.
>
> Brad.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jeffry C. Nichols [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Thursday, July 13, 2000 9:43 AM
> To: retro-talk
> Subject: Compression and speed
>
>
> With all this talk of compression, speed, different drives, etc.,
> would it be possible for someone at Dantz to set up a database that
> Retrospect users could contribute to with the purpose of documenting
> the different systems and their performance?
>
> At a minimum, it could include backup computer type, backup device
> used, connection type (SCSI, USB, Firewire), typical backup speeds as
> reported in the log file, and most importantly, footnotes to
> problems/solutions that people have tried or used to improve their
> own backup.
A simple database with a web interface of sorts would be easy to set up for
this purpose.
If anybody is interested, I may have some free time to work on something
over the next month and a half or so.
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