RE: Backup and Compare Performance ... lots of small files

2000-05-18 Thread Rob Davies
Title: RE: Backup and Compare Performance ... lots of small files I'm not familiar with this particular backup device but it sounds like the read head is out of alignment with the write head. To eliminate other causes we would 1. clean the heads 2. run a short test backup/ compare/ restore

Re: Backup and Compare Performance ... lots of small files

2000-05-17 Thread John F. Lambert
Anyone had similar experiences where the hierarchy of the data has a dramatic effect on performance? I find that Retrospect on a 10base T network, Backup Server on a Pentium II 233, Client on a PowerBook G3 266, (or even better, on Virtual PC on a PB G3 266) can achieve 60MB/min transfer