On Fri, Jan 09, 2004 at 11:33:26AM -0500, Kurt Yoder wrote: > > DUMPER STATS TAPER STATS > > HOSTNAME DISK L ORIG-KB OUT-KB COMP% MMM:SS KB/s MMM:SS KB/s > > ------------------------ ------------------------------------------ --------------- > > borneo.shc -corporate 25821120 12795031 49.6 67:34 3155.9 45:57 4641.0 > > borneo.shc -cs_shared 18595830 10108659 54.4 55:42 3024.9 145:29 1158.1 > > borneo.shc -_shared_2 12075330 8126030 67.3 40:23 3353.9 30:27 4447.4 > > britain.sh /shared01 25085110 12979245 51.7 37:29 5771.6 172:00 1257.7 > > sumatra.sh //java/c$ 7488930 7488930 -- 70:04 1781.5 22:30 5548.0
I can't see anything here that distinguishes those two DLE's from the other three: - All five seem to have used the holding disk (in each case, the dump time and tape time are different) - As you remarked, some of Borneo's DLEs are fast, but one is slow, so it doesn't look client-specific - They're neither the biggest nor the smallest DLEs Are you sure there's nothing different about the slow DLEs' dumptypes that could account for it? Another thought: One thing that isn't shown in the report email is the order in which the DLEs were taped. Try digging through the amdump or log file to find that out (and, indeed, the time of day for each one). I don't know what you'll find, but there might be an interesting pattern. What I'm wondering about is resource contention on the Amanda server; e.g. a news expire that kicks in part-way through the amdump run, and thrashes the drive that contains your holding disk. Or something that saturates the bus your tape drive's on. Or any number of other possibilities. For that theory to fit your observations, the same DLEs would have to be taped at about the same time every run, which doesn't seem very Amanda-like but could perhaps happen under the right conditions. It might be interesting to look at the logs from more than one run, to see what varies and what doesn't. -- | | /\ |-_|/ > Eric Siegerman, Toronto, Ont. [EMAIL PROTECTED] | | / It must be said that they would have sounded better if the singer wouldn't throw his fellow band members to the ground and toss the drum kit around during songs. - Patrick Lenneau