For that number of files I'd say you're getting excellent performance.  I've
never seen backups move that fast with that large number of files on Windows
(I don't have much experience with W2K3 though...)

These 2 things that might help:

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;q174619

And

http://windows.about.com/library/tips/bltip343.htm

Both are from a previous thread about this very issue.  Not sure how they
apply to 2003 but they could help.  You might also try multiple streams
based on folders within the filesystem, if possible.

-Dave

-----Original Message-----
From: Charles Ballowe [mailto:cballowe AT gmail DOT com] 
Sent: Wednesday, May 25, 2005 09:29
To: Cornely, David
Cc: veritas-bu AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu
Subject: Re: [Veritas-bu] performance expectations

2 million or so - depends on the file server, I think on average it's
close to 1 million/250G of data

On 5/25/05, Cornely, David <David_Cornely AT intuit DOT com> wrote:
> How many files are you backing up?
> This can have a huge impact on the speed of backups, especially for
Windows.
> 
> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:veritas-bu-admin AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu] On Behalf Of Charles
> Ballowe
> Sent: Wednesday, May 25, 2005 08:38
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> Subject: [Veritas-bu] performance expectations
> 
> Curious what others see in backup performance on windows file servers.
> Setup -
>      Dell 2650
>      ~500GB of data
>      SAN media server
>      9840 tape drives
>      Windows2003
>      Symantec antivirus
> 
> I'm seeing only about 10-12MB/sec on these systems. The backup is
> inline copied to 2 copies and takes an annoyingly long time to
> complete. I'm wondering if anybody has a similar setup and can share
> the speeds that they see. Anybody with similar setup and no antivirus
> software?
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