Re: recommendation needed

2003-10-20 Thread Eric Siegerman
On Fri, Oct 17, 2003 at 06:43:40PM -0400, Jon LaBadie wrote: > I tried some throughput checks today. Test one was a "cp -r" > of a directory tree with 8.5GB (only a few large files) and > test two was a ufsdump of a 1GB partition. Both gave between > 3 and 3.5MB/sec rates to the NFS device. That

Re: recommendation needed

2003-10-19 Thread Tony
Hi Jon, I may have missed an earlier post, but what kind of network is between the two devices (server you are wanting to back up & Snap storage) ? If you have 10Mbps ethernet hub, then 3.5MB/sec is an extremely good figure. If you have 100Mbps switches between the two devices, then 3.5MB/sec is

RE: recommendation needed

2003-10-18 Thread Dana Bourgeois
Of Jon LaBadie > Sent: Friday, October 17, 2003 3:44 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: recommendation needed > > > On Wed, Oct 15, 2003 at 11:30:42PM -0500, Frank Smith wrote: > > --On Wednesday, October 15, 2003 23:53:13 -0400 Jon LaBadie > > <[EMAIL PR

Re: recommendation needed

2003-10-17 Thread Jon LaBadie
On Wed, Oct 15, 2003 at 11:30:42PM -0500, Frank Smith wrote: > --On Wednesday, October 15, 2003 23:53:13 -0400 Jon LaBadie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > I'm working with someone who has a situation reversed from > > what I am accustomed, a single Solaris system that needs > > to be backed up

Re: recommendation needed

2003-10-16 Thread Jim
> I'm working with someone who has a situation reversed from > what I am accustomed, a single Solaris system that needs > to be backed up to a PC network. > > The Solaris system has no tape unit. The PC side has a > good amount of network shared storage and is backed up > to tape regularly. So

Re: recommendation needed

2003-10-15 Thread Frank Smith
--On Wednesday, October 15, 2003 23:53:13 -0400 Jon LaBadie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'm working with someone who has a situation reversed from > what I am accustomed, a single Solaris system that needs > to be backed up to a PC network. By 'PC', are you implying MS Windows, or are there PC L

recommendation needed

2003-10-15 Thread Jon LaBadie
I'm working with someone who has a situation reversed from what I am accustomed, a single Solaris system that needs to be backed up to a PC network. The Solaris system has no tape unit. The PC side has a good amount of network shared storage and is backed up to tape regularly. So it seems to me