Flash backup has been the traditional way solve this, as you are running 7.6.0.2 you can also use accelerator if you run the backup against a symantec dedup store.
In this case, I don't think installing a SAN client would help, as the problem lies in reading the files. Regards Michael > Den 27/09/2014 kl. 21.43 skrev Shaheensn <nbu-fo...@backupcentral.com>: > > Hi, > > It would be extremely helpful if the expert minds in this forum could help me > with below concerns related to backing up data using Symantec NetBackup. > > Background > > Our system has a folder containing millions of small files spread across > 1000s of sub folders running into more than 500GB that needs to be backed up > on a daily basis. The backup usually starts end of day and is ideally > supposed to finish before users start accessing the system the following day. > However, the current backup using Symantec Netbackup takes lot of time and > hence, this impacts the system performance. I assume this is because of the > current backup approach used by Symantec is based on file-level backup. > > The current backup policy has a monthly full backup, weekly differential > backup and daily incremental backup. However, the daily backup itself takes > more than double the desired time. Symantec client version is 7.6.02.The > server is a physical server having Windows Server 2003. The drive is > dedicated to storing the files. > > I am looking for a solution that would provide the fastest backup in order to > ensure that backups are completed before users start accessing the system in > the morning. > > 1. What is the best approach for backing up millions of small files spread > across 1000s of folders using Symantec Netbackup? > 2. I understand that flash backup feature in Symantec uses block-level backup > and this would be ideal approach since there are lot of files involved? > 3. What are the disadvantages of using Symantec Flashbackup feature? > 4. Does installing Symantec SAN client without having fiber channel offer any > improvement in backup speed? I read on some forums that you should use SAN > client only if there is fiber channel support. > 5. Would moving applications to Virtual Machines hosted on Vmware environment > provide any improvement. > > PS: Backups are not my domain of expertise and hence, I would like to > apologize in advance if I have mentioned something absurd. Secondly, changing > the application file structure is not an option :( > > Cheers, > > Shaheen > > +---------------------------------------------------------------------- > |This was sent by shaheen.nalak...@gmail.com via Backup Central. > |Forward SPAM to ab...@backupcentral.com. > +---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > _______________________________________________ > Veritas-bu maillist - Veritas-bu@mailman.eng.auburn.edu > http://mailman.eng.auburn.edu/mailman/listinfo/veritas-bu _______________________________________________ Veritas-bu maillist - Veritas-bu@mailman.eng.auburn.edu http://mailman.eng.auburn.edu/mailman/listinfo/veritas-bu