ADSM-L

Windows 32-Bit Client and Large drives

1997-10-07 13:52:57
Subject: Windows 32-Bit Client and Large drives
From: Jeff Connor <connorj AT NIMO DOT COM>
Date: Tue, 7 Oct 1997 13:52:57 -0400
Would like to ask a question for any of you Windows NT guru's out there.
Is there a practical
limit for the size of single drive for a Windows NT server?

 Reason I'm asking is I am backing up a Windows NT 4.0 server using PTF 6
IP20993 of the ADSM Windows 32-Bit Client to our ADSM 2.1.10 ADSM MVS
server.  The client has 2 drives, one is 2GB 37% full and the second is
12GB at 95% full.  The 12GB D: drive has 180,000+ files.  Is there point
where, from a Microsoft/performance perspective, you should consider
creating multiple drives instead having one large one.  My client is
complaining that it takes 20 minutes to display the directory for the
entire D: drive when viewing both active and intactive versions of files.
They could use the command line client to get a little better performance
but they prefer the GUI.  My client tells me this is the way Windows NT
works and ADSM should handle it. My experience is mostly with IBM
mainframes and I don't know a heck of a lot about Windows NT but it seems
as though there must be a pratical limit or rule of thumb most companies
follow for the maximum size of a single drive on and NT server.  Anyone
have any ideas?

Thanks,
Jeff Connor
Niagara Mohawk Power Corp
Syracuse, NY
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