Jeff,
I have never heard of a recommendation as to a maximum size of a hard
drive on NT. My server tech quys are looking at 80 Gig mass storage arrays
for our Compaqs. I have told them that I recommend holding off until we
can get some version 3 tests under our belt. It seems that a maximum size
of a hard drive is whatever the max. you can restore in a acceptable
window.
Like you state in your note, the number of files is really what is slowing
down your searchs. The ADSM server is simply generating a very large list
to send down to the client. I would hope that ADSM v3's file aggregation
may speed up this process.
Dan T.
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> From: Jeff Connor <connorj AT NIMO DOT COM>
> From: Jeff Connor <connorj AT NIMO DOT COM>
> To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
> Subject: Windows 32-Bit Client and Large drives
> Date: Tuesday, October 07, 1997 12:52 PM
>
> Would like to ask a question for any of you Windows NT guru's out there.
> Is there a practical
> limit for the size of single drive for a Windows NT server?
>
> Reason I'm asking is I am backing up a Windows NT 4.0 server using PTF 6
> IP20993 of the ADSM Windows 32-Bit Client to our ADSM 2.1.10 ADSM MVS
> server. The client has 2 drives, one is 2GB 37% full and the second is
> 12GB at 95% full. The 12GB D: drive has 180,000+ files. Is there point
> where, from a Microsoft/performance perspective, you should consider
> creating multiple drives instead having one large one. My client is
> complaining that it takes 20 minutes to display the directory for the
> entire D: drive when viewing both active and intactive versions of files.
> They could use the command line client to get a little better performance
> but they prefer the GUI. My client tells me this is the way Windows NT
> works and ADSM should handle it. My experience is mostly with IBM
> mainframes and I don't know a heck of a lot about Windows NT but it seems
> as though there must be a pratical limit or rule of thumb most companies
> follow for the maximum size of a single drive on and NT server. Anyone
> have any ideas?
>
> Thanks,
> Jeff Connor
> Niagara Mohawk Power Corp
> Syracuse, NY
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