ADSM-L

Re: Journal Based Backups

2006-06-13 22:42:55
Subject: Re: Journal Based Backups
From: Mike <mikee AT MIKEE.ATH DOT CX>
To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
Date: Tue, 13 Jun 2006 21:42:38 -0500
On Tue, 13 Jun 2006, TSM_User might have said:

> Many windows 2003 servers now days can scan one to two million files per 
> hour. We don't use journaling until we get over five million files. I've seen 
> the deeper the directory structure the longer it takes to scan Basically if 
> all one million files are at the root of a drive it will scan much faster 
> then if one million files were in hundres of subdirectories.

I don't think the time issues relate only to number of files.
The amount of traffic between client and server about just
which files to backup is my concern. That's why I have this
other program.

Mike