Absolutely.  When talking millions of files, you must be talking
FlashBackup.  That will help more than anything else.

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W. Curtis Preston
Backup Blog @ www.backupcentral.com
VP Data Protection, GlassHouse Technologies 

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From: veritas-bu-bounces AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu
[mailto:veritas-bu-bounces AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu] On Behalf Of Ed Wilts
Sent: Tuesday, September 25, 2007 8:30 PM
To: 'Preston, Douglas L'; veritas-bu AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu
Subject: Re: [Veritas-bu] Backing up a SAN

> I have 1 master, 1 media and 5 san media servers.  The san media
servers
> are way too stressed during the backup of their millions of small
files

One word:  FlashBackup.
Seriously, this *significantly* reduces the load on the clients.

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Ed Wilts, RHCE, BCFP, BCSD
Mounds View, MN, USA
mailto:ewilts AT ewilts DOT org

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