I saw the exact same problem a couple of years ago, and we never
did figure out why it occurred. I'll be interested to see if anyone else
has also run across this ..... We had the problem with Novell 3.12,
but I haven't heard of any problems with my Novell 4 users.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Matthew Warren [SMTP:Matthew.Warren AT MARKS-AND-SPENCER DOT COM]
> Sent: Tuesday, April 21, 1998 3:24 AM
> To:   ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
> Subject:      Novell 3.12 restore slow
>
> Hello people,
>
>         We have had a problem for a while where Novell 3.12 restores
> become very slow after restoring the first 400mb.
>
>         We are using v2r1m7 of the novell client.
>
>         After about 400mb the restore rate drops to 1 - 4 mb an hour!
> a
> strange thing is that in half hour intervals after the rate has
> dropped,
> it will peak again at 10mb / minute for about 5 minutes then drop
> right
> down again. each time this happens the peak drops slightly untill
> after
> 4 / 5 hours it makes no difference.
>
> Has anyone seen similar problems before?
>
> Matthew Warren.
> HOIST - Head Office Infrastructure Support Team.
> ADSM (FAB) + Unix support.
>         Marks & Spencer Plc.
>         Baker Street.
>         London.
> Email: matthew.warren AT marks-and-spencer DOT com