Howdy,

  Haven't tried it (or if I did, I don't remember), but I belive setting
up virtual mount points to subdivide the big file systems might help...

Jim
> ----------
> From:         David Hendrix[SMTP:dmhendri AT FEDEX DOT COM]
> Sent:         Monday, December 08, 1997 11:00 AM
> To:   ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
> Subject:      1.5 Million Files
>
> Looking for bright ideas:
>
> Config:
>         C20 running AIX 4.1.5
>         67GB filesystem with 1 directory and 1.5 million files
>         2.1.0.6G ADSM client
>
> Behavior:
>
> After 40 hours, the idletimeout kicked in.  The client had not sent
> ANY
> data.  Thursday of last week, performed a trace and watched it going
> through the inodes (picks a file, then traverses it's inodes).  This
> is
> what is killing us.  To circumvent this from happening we tried:
>
> 1. removing all filespaces from the server for a "clean" backup
> 2. dsmc incr
> 3. dsmc incr (slow incremental)
> 4. dsmc selective
>
> It is set to shared static - would dynamic alleviate the problem?
>
> Has anyone been able to get the client to backup a file system without
> first traversing the inodes?
>
> V3 allows no query restore, does it have any new backup features which
> alleviates this problem?
>
> I understand the need to go through the inodes since if a file changes
> during backup it will know this (hence the thought that dynamic might
> help).  At least allow the option of NOT traversing the inodes prior
> to
> backup.  We have 3-4 Sun/AIX boxes with 1 Million+ files (the others
> actually have directory structures) and this is killing us.
>
> David Hendrix
> dmhendri AT fedex DOT com
>