Hi, Does anybody else run ipfilter on a system that does network based backups, like Netbackup or Legato? Have you ever tested your backup performance with and without ipfilter?
We run Netbackup 6.0 MP3 on two systems (with two robots), a V490 (4 cpus) with an ADIC i2000, and a V210 (2 cpus) with an ADIC i500. Both robots are hooked to their hosts via fibre. Both hosts run Solaris 10 with ipf 4.1.13. I've noticed that shutting off ipfilter on the host makes a big difference (30% or more) in terms of robot thruput, as measured by iostat and Netbackup statistics. As a result, I have to keep ipfilter disabled on these two hosts. Anybody else seen this? Jeff Earickson Colby College
