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Re: [Networker] backup time long on W2k

2002-08-30 10:20:19
Subject: Re: [Networker] backup time long on W2k
From: Howard Martin <howard.martin AT EDS DOT COM>
To: NETWORKER AT LISTMAIL.TEMPLE DOT EDU
Date: Fri, 30 Aug 2002 10:23:34 -0400
On Fri, 30 Aug 2002 10:36:07 +0200, =?iso-8859-1?Q?francis.berges?=
<francis.berges AT LAPOSTE DOT NET> wrote:

>Hello
>
>
>I have some trouble with backups involving W2k servers. These
>servers were
>NT4 a few months ago and the full backup of these computers
>last about 4 to 6 hours for 60 Gb.
>We upgrade these servers to W2k and now, for the same amount
>of data the
>backup takes about one day.
>
>We made the followings tests:
>
>The backup of one big file ( 700 Mb ) take the same time if
>the file is on
>a NT4 client or in a W2k client.
Which implies it is not a hardware issue.
>For the same data amount, but
>with a lot
>of files ( about 40000 ) the backup for a NT client is three
>times faster
>than on a w2k server.
which implies it is donw to the file reading overheads
>
>The network configuration of the clients is the same
>( they are on the same segment and share wins and dns servers
>).
>
>
>Any Hints ?
Any changes to the disks, RAID configuration, was the NT setup with
modified NTFS settings?
>
>
>My configuration
>
>Networker server 6.0.1 ( build 174 ) on NT4 with a 9710 STK
>library ( 6 DLT
>7000 ). The clients' software is the same ( 6.0.1 )
Without searching I seem to recall earlier messages here refering to
patches for w2k slowness and issues with different versions of networker.
>
>
>thanks
>
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