Thanks for the reminder. I had previously install the "trace" utility from 
Legato.
The save process is doing an "lstat" after "lstat" after "lstat" on each of the 
files, it appears, with some hex dumps thrown every so often.
Randy



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> In regard to: [Networker] Slow Performance for large file system -...:
>
> > Greetings, I've read some of the archives regarding slow performance using
> > Legato, and haven't seen this particular case.
> >
> > Environment: AS ES45 (Tru64 v5.1b) with StorageWork SAN, MSL5000 SDLT.
> > Networker version 7.1.1.
> >
> > File System: 1.4 TBs with 46+M Files - Local to the Legato server - no
> > network involvement.
>
> Since you're on 5.1B, I would recommend you install the Extended System
> V subset (I have ESVFBIN200 installed), and use the truss that comes with
> it to watch what the `save' process is doing. That may give you an
> idea where the holdup is.
>
> Tim
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