Nils Breunese (Lemonbit) wrote: >> >> You are probably short on RAM when you add in the nightly run. Tuning >> down the number of concurrent backups might help. That probably >> shouldn't be higher than the number of processors in the server anyway >> unless you have some low-bandwidth connections to handle. > > Then why is MaxBackups set to 4 by default? I don't think 4 processors > are the standard yet...
If the client side is slow or on a slow network branch, having more running would help. With fast local clients the bottleneck is more likely the CPU or disk seek time. > Still, I used BackupPC with MaxBackups set to 4 > under 2.1 and the server only has a single Pentium 4 processor. I have > now taken MaxBackups down to 2, but we're still seeing a lot of failing > backups. Do they fail at all times or only when the nightly run happens concurrently? -- Les Mikesell [EMAIL PROTECTED] ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys-and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV _______________________________________________ BackupPC-users mailing list BackupPC-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/