What's the link between the file size and the efficiency? I'm fuzzy when it comes to understanding chunk sizes and bit rates and such.
On Wed, May 20, 2009 at 10:59 AM, Erik Goldoff <egold...@gmail.com> wrote: > I know Longhorn Steakhouse used to use Aloha before Darden acquired them, > not sure if they still do ... But if the backup program has problems, wonder > if you could script a zip program to encapsulate all the files into one > larger zip that the backup program might be able to stream much more > efficiently > > > > Erik Goldoff > IT Consultant > Systems, Networks, & Security > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Bryan Garmon [mailto:bryan.gar...@gmail.com] > Sent: Wednesday, May 20, 2009 10:26 AM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: Anyone using Radiant Systems Aloha Point Of Sale? > > Long story very short - The Aloha Point of Sale application runs on Windows > XP Sp3 machines. The app creates hundreds of 2K - 4K files each day, dumping > them into a single subdirectory named by datestamp. > Typically there are several thousand of these files off the parent > directory, since each day a new subdirectory is created with several hundred > more of the 2K-4K files. We're having problems with our backup software not > being able to complete nightly backups getting stuck on these directories. > I'm wondering if anyone else is running this application and if so, did you > have to change anything in Aloha to make it work? What backup application > are you running? > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ > <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~