The only thing is that the backup times haven't decreased.  They've
stayed the same, while sending the backups to half the drives.
Therefore, I would expect the throughput FROM disk to be the same.
Therefore, I would expect the load on the disk to be the same.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Mark Evangelista [mailto:evangel AT georgetown DOT edu] 
> Sent: Thursday, November 14, 2002 5:19 AM
> To: W. Curtis Preston
> Cc: veritas-bu AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu
> Subject: Re: [Veritas-bu] Using MPX causing disk access times 
> to skyrocket
> 
> 
> One plausible explanation is that multithreading is keeping 
> your tape speeds up which will improve throughput.