Subject:      GUI backup speed (AT&T client)

 > Vince says:
 >
 > One of my users says it takes about four times longer using the
 > X-Windows AT&T GUI client vs. the command line client.  Does this
 > make any sense to anyone?  I would expect maybe 1.2 times but not fou

 > I have run several tests backup/restore, archive/retrieve with small
 > and large files on an AT&T client. There was no big difference in the
 > performance between CLC and GUI. In some cases the GUI took 1.5 times
 > more time (but not four times). What is the customers environment?
 > Michael Lindner, IBM Germany


Anyway, we still have this problem- and it seems worse.  So bad that
I reported as a problem to IBM ADSM support.  Here's the breakdown
of the accounting record from a couple very similar backups.  It's
hard to accept a nearly 850% increase.

 Command Line                 GUI
 -------------------------    -------------------------
 Server            DSMSERV    Server            DSMSERV
 Client           CAOSSCM4    Client           CAOSSCM4
 Type                  ATT    Type                  ATT
 Comm. method       Tcp/Ip    Comm. method       Tcp/Ip
 Date           07/27/1995    Date           07/26/1995
 Time             11:22:36    Time             17:52:02
 Session Len          1483    Session Len         12487
 Archives in          5158    Archives in          5157
 Backups in              0    Backups in              0
 Archive data        17329    Archive data        17306
 Backup data             0    Backup data             0
 Archives out            0    Archives out            0
 Backups out             0    Backups out             0
 Retrieve data           0    Retrieve data           0
 Restore data            0    Restore data            0
 Idle Wait             226    Idle Wait            4433
 Comm. Wait           1026    Comm. Wait           6060
 Media Wait              0    Media Wait              0
 CPU Time               57    CPU Time               60
 Auth Method             1    Auth Method             1
 Termination             1    Termination             0
 Total data          17996    Total data          18036


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