+1 on Flashbackup.  Also see if you can get DSSU in there too- by combining the 
2 we have been able to cut backup times for 1TB volumes of 11k files (average 
file size, disks are 98%+ full) by 75% vs standard Windows backups to LT03.  

Tom


Jason Slagle wrote:
> Hi guys,
> 
> I have a windows file server I am currently backing up that I am 
> expierencing very low throughput on.
> 
> The volume in question is a 3.3TB partition with about 2.6TB in use.
> 
> It's currently taking 66 hours to do a full of this file system to an LTO 
> 4 tape.
> 
> This is a network based backup.
> 
> I've been doing tuning, and the network path is clean (The exchange server 
> in the same rack on the same switch gets 8-9x the performance when it 
> gets backed up) - it's gig-e all the way and is unloaded.
> 
> One thing I was considering is that this may be an issue with the Virus 
> scanner.  Being a file server this contains a TON of files (9.8 million 
> files totaling 2.9TB), and I'm wondering if the virus scanner is causing 
> this.
> 
> The tuning guide suggests I should turn anti-virus off, but my security 
> director balked at this idea.
> 
> I was wondering what some of you with "way more data" than I have do.  Do 
> you run virus scan on your fileservers?  Do you back them up in a 
> different way than I do?  I need single file recovery.
> 
> Any other tuning advice you can give?
> 
> Jason
> 
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