Author: David Lee Lambert <davidl AT lmert DOT com>
Date: Fri, 5 Dec 2008 04:45:56 -0500
I'm trying to use Bacula to do daily backups of data stored in iSCSI LUNs on a NetApp filer, using NetApp snapshots to ensure consistency. The hosts to be backed up have dual Gigabit Ethernet connect
Author: Alex Chekholko <chekh AT pcbi.upenn DOT edu>
Date: Fri, 5 Dec 2008 10:00:32 -0500
This sounds like some problem outside of bacula. It helps to test all of the components separately: 1) How fast the source can read from disk (probably pretty fast since it's a filer) 2) How fast the
One thing you should make sure if is that your snapshot is read-only and you're not trying to update the access time of the files when you back them up. That has enough CPU power for bacula at LTO-2
I have had a _lot_ of trouble with 3com Vortex/boomerang/tornado NICs under high load - they tend to start emitting unswitchable packets which splatter the entire network causing slowdowns on all mac