Re: Linux Backup client available
1998-08-10 15:06:40
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Re: Linux Backup client available |
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Laszlo Nemeth <laz AT SYBASE DOT COM> |
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Mon, 10 Aug 1998 13:06:40 -0600 |
Steven P Roder <tkssteve AT REXX.ACSU.BUFFALO DOT EDU> on 08/10/98 11:32:16 AM
>On Mon, 10 Aug 1998, Laszlo Nemeth wrote:
>> Ok what about a non-supported version for NetApp Boxes?
>> That would make my life so much nicer and backups run so much faster
>Why do you think they would be "so much faster"? The NetApp's job, just
>like the Auspex fileservers, is to serve out data over NFS, and they have
>CPU's just for this purpose. Usually, the CPU that the OS for a machine
>like the NetApp runs on is slow. I think that the fastest method for
>backing up specialized servers like the NetApp and Auspex are to exploit
>it's strength's, which means as NFS mountpoint on the ADSM Server itself.
>I tried the SunOS client on our Auspex, and the performance was dismal. I
>would guess that running a native client on the NetApp to perform
>similarly, IMHO
Thats how i currently backup the netapp (nfs mount to adsm server over
dedicated net).
BUT NFS isn't a good transport method for stuff to be backed up. it is bit
to chatty.
My personal opinion is that a NetApps strength is that i never have to
touch it except to
install it.
laz
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