Dave

If you can ftp/scp a file from one server to another with a normal
throughtput, certainly
it?s not a network issue.

Have you tested bpbkar to /dev/null on the client?

How the client CPU behaves when you start a backup?

tia

On 11/7/06, Dave Markham <dave.markham at fjserv.net> wrote:
>
> Guys checked the switch and all set to 100 full autoneg off.
>
> Will have to look at the card next i think.
>
>
> WEAVER, Simon wrote:
> > Dave
> > Anything on the switch that needs to be configured at all ?
> >
> > Regards
> >
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> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Dave Markham [mailto:dave.markham at fjserv.net]
> > Sent: 07 November 2006 10:27
> > To: Edson Noboru Yamada
> > Cc: veritas-bu at mailman.eng.auburn.edu
> > Subject: Re: [Veritas-bu] bpbkart on unix
> >
> >
> > Getting 128kb from one client over a 100mbit network connected to the
> backup
> > server which is gig ethernet and attached to L700 by fibre using LTO2
> > drives.
> >
> > When ever had this before its always just been duplex and autoneg
> settings
> > but this time that hasnt fixed things
> >
> > Cheers
> >
> > Edson Noboru Yamada wrote:
> >
> >> You can use the unix time command to measure how long a bpbkar to
> >> /dev/null takes (google bpbkar /dev/null and you should see the exact
> >> syntax).
> >>
> >> What do you mean by "slow"? How many MB/s are you getting?
> >>
> >> edson
> >>
> >>
> >> On 11/6/06, *Dave Markham* <dave.markham at fjserv.net
> >> <mailto:dave.markham at fjserv.net>> wrote:
> >>
> >>     Anyone point me in the direction of a doc or technote on how to
> >>     benchmark the bpbkar performance on a unix ( solaris ) client? I
> cant
> >>     find anything. Only the windows one.
> >>
> >>     Im having backup speed problems and want to rule out NBU. Strange
> >>     thing
> >>     is if i set the network to 100 mb , full duplex, autoneg off and
> scp a
> >>     filre in boith directions its quick. As soon as i run a backup its
> >>     slow
> >>     and then doing an scp is slow too.
> >>
> >>     Odd.
> >>
> >>     thanks
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