I'll try to cover all the questions.....
First, in addition to the Notes machines I am backing up Netware (20 nodes),
UNIX (31 nodes) and other NT node (43 counting the Notes).  The database is 7.5
gig with about 5 gig used.  I pick up on the nightly backups around 90 gigs with
the bulk of the clients connecting between 6:00pm and midnight.

The main Notes server has a separate management class which controls the copy
serialization and is invoked on an include statement in the client options file.
I changed the TCPWINDOWSIZE option in the client options file to a value of 1024
from the default of 32 and the TXNBYTELIMIT from a default of 1024 to 2048 and
saw an increase in through put.  Our Notes servers have lots of memory so I am
uping the values further to try and improve throughput.  The new values are 2048
for TCPW and TXNB 8192.  I am also uping the TCPBUFFSIZE to a value of 64 (the
default is 31 for NT).  I'll let you know how the new values impact throughput.

Good luck and keep me posted!

Steve




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Steve
I would love to get the data movement performance you are seeing.
Do you have anything else apart from the Notes servers in your ADSM database
My database is 11gb and we have Netware, Unix, NT clients etc. backing up to it.
I set up a separate policy domain for the Notes clients with the backup
copygroup default set for dynamic serialization.
Which parameters are you tuning in the options file.
Where are you getting the recommendations for the settings.
I have used the recommendations in the version 3 performance and Tuning guide
without any noticeable effect.

John