I am doing 753 GB to a local USB and it is looking like close to 9 hours or so at the moment. I am not using any Symantec software and it is doing a copy so no compression. Since I am only at about 15% done this may change.
Jon On Fri, Aug 14, 2009 at 12:21 PM, Andy Shook <andy.sh...@peak10.com> wrote: > The devil is in the detailsÿÿ¦. > > > > 1. Is the file server being backed-up over the internal LAN? > > a. If so, is it over Gb? > > b. Separate backup VLAN or backup network? > > 2. Specs of file server? > > 3. Ditto for tape drive? > > 4. Is the 700GB of files on internal server storage, DAS, NAS or > SAN? > > > > Thatÿÿ™s enough for now. > > > > Shook > > > > *From:* Mousehunt [mailto:active_...@yahoo.com.sg] > *Sent:* Friday, August 14, 2009 12:15 PM > *To:* NT System Admin Issues > *Subject:* Backing up 2 million small files > > > > Hi All, > > I have a customer who has a file server. The server data is about 700GB but > the number of files is 2 million. > > They are currently using tape to backup and it uses 12 hours for a full > backup. The customer wanted to reduce to 8 hours and they are using Veritas > NetBackup v6.5. > > May I know how can we achieve what the customer wants. Any suggestion is > welcome. > > Thanks. > > WY > > > ------------------------------ > > Search. browse and > book<http://sg.rd.yahoo.com/spirit/fea/travel/*http:/sg.travel.yahoo.com>your > hotels and flights through Yahoo! Travel > > > > > > > > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
