> > My doubt is... isn't 324.7 K/s for dump rate too slow? I > was backing up 1Gb > > of data and it's taking almost 1 hour! does that mean that > for 12Gb I'll get > > something close to 12 hours? > > Probably, unless something changes.
I hope it changes. :o) > > another thing, I tried using compress server best and > compress client best > > and I get no difference at all on the backups, same time to > run, same amount > > of data, and same tape usage. > > Is 'handsoff' the server itself, or another machine? If it is the > server, then it would be the same either way. yup. anyway, compression is off now (and was already set to none when I sent this one). > > NOTES: > > planner: tapecycle (1) <= runspercycle (1) > > planner: Last full dump of handsoff:/home/data/archive on > tape DailySet01 > > overwritten in 1 run. > > This is OK for testing, but would be a big problem for real > backups. What > does your tapecycle, runspercycle, and runtapes look like? well, this is just a test, but I'll run a full backup once in a while for this box. I'll set up other backup clients to use a different conf file. > Since the taper and dumper stats are almost identical, I'm > guessing you > aren't using a holdingdisk. Configuring one could greatly > increase your > taper speeds since the tape must constantly stop and reposition itself > if the dumper can't keep up, and the dumper has to stop each time the > tape does since there isn't much buffering in between. I followed all the steps for this, but I'm not sure if I'm using it or not. > If this is old slow hardware then the compression might also limit > your speed. it was set to none. doesn't matter what I use for compression, the backup time is the same. thanks! --- Certain disclaimers and policies apply to all email sent from Memetrics. For the full text of these disclaimers and policies see <a href="http://www.memetrics.com/emailpolicy.html">http://www.memetrics.com/em ailpolicy.html</a>