I backup to disk first. Then clone & stage to the tape drives.

We average about 75MB/s for each tape drive(3). (The disk backup unit is
the bottle neck at the moment).


Catch ya later
Kev


On Thu, 2006-11-02 at 11:01, Gibbons, Kim wrote:
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> Poster:       "Gibbons, Kim" <kgibbons AT MPR DOT COM>
> Subject:      Re: LTO-3 Drives?
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> 
> What kind of write speeds is everyone getting?
> 
> We're getting good data quantity, but the speed is "stuck" at
> 30MB/s...LTO2 speed
> 
> ~ K
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: EMC NetWorker discussion [mailto:NETWORKER AT LISTSERV.TEMPLE DOT EDU] 
> On
> Behalf Of Peter Viertel
> Sent: Wednesday, November 01, 2006 6:45 PM
> To: NETWORKER AT LISTSERV.TEMPLE DOT EDU
> Subject: Re: [Networker] LTO-3 Drives?
> 
> 
> 7.2.1 - solaris 9 / LTO-3 no probs for almost a year now...   And I was
> also kind of puzzled when the release notes for 7.3.2 say they've added
> LTO-3 support.. 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: EMC NetWorker discussion [mailto:NETWORKER AT listserv.temple DOT edu] 
> On
> Behalf Of Tim Mooney
> Sent: Thursday, 2 November 2006 10:11 AM
> To: NETWORKER AT listserv.temple DOT edu
> Subject: Re: [Networker] LTO-3 Drives?
> 
> In regard to: [Networker] LTO-3 Drives?, Albert Eddie Contractor
> AFRPA...:
> 
> > EMC Tech Support just told me that it is MANDATORY to upgrade to 7.3.2
> 
> > for LTO-3 (compression) drive support.
> 
> The release notes for 7.2.2 (page 22) indicate that support for LTO-3
> was added in 7.2.1.  We haven't noticed any problems with LTO-3 under
> 7.2.2, so I would be very interested to know why it's mandatory to
> upgrade.  If there's something horribly broken with LTO-3 drive support
> in 7.2.1 and 7.2.2, that's the kind of thing EMC should be notifying its
> customers about.
> 
> Tim
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