Re: [BackupPC-users] Max concurrent jobs

>-----Original Message-----
>From: Carl Wilhelm Soderstrom [mailto:chrome AT real-time DOT com]
>Sent: Monday, January 25, 2010 4:58 PM
>To: backuppc-users AT lists.sourceforge DOT net
>Subject: Re: [BackupPC-users] Max concurrent jobs
>
>On 01/25 01:52 , Sorin Srbu wrote:
>> What kind of hardware performance is the "max concurrent jobs" value of
four
>> based on?
>>
>> I'm thinking of how much backup-load I can throw at our dual-xeon
machine,
>> like maybe increasing the value from four to six, or more.
>
>I usually turn it down to 2 by default. Lower disk contention increases the
>overall speed. If I have a really powerful box, I'll experiment with
turning
>it up to 3 or 4. That said, I have a quad Xeon with a 3ware 9550 disk
>controller and 4GB RAM, and still running it with only 2 concurrent jobs
>allowed. (I must have determined at some point that 3 concurrent jobs
wasn't
>worth the disk thrashing).
>
>Your Mileage Will Vary.

I have a hyperthreaded (IIRC) dual-xeon running at about 2GHz with 2GB RAM.
Will turn it down to two.

Thanks!
-- 
/Sorin

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