Steven P Roder <tkssteve AT REXX.ACSU.BUFFALO DOT EDU> on 08/10/98 11:32:16 AM



>On Mon, 10 Aug 1998, Laszlo Nemeth wrote:
>> Ok what about a non-supported version for NetApp Boxes?
>> That would make my life so much nicer and backups run so much faster

>Why do you think they would be "so much faster"?  The NetApp's job, just
>like the Auspex fileservers, is to serve out data over NFS, and they have
>CPU's just for this purpose.  Usually, the CPU that the OS for a machine
>like the NetApp runs on is slow.  I think that the fastest method for
>backing up specialized servers like the NetApp and Auspex are to exploit
>it's strength's, which means as NFS mountpoint on the ADSM Server itself.
>I tried the SunOS client on our Auspex, and the performance was dismal.  I
>would guess that running a native client on the NetApp to perform
>similarly, IMHO

Thats how i currently backup the netapp (nfs mount to adsm server over
dedicated net).
BUT NFS isn't a good transport method for stuff to be backed up. it is bit
to chatty.
My personal opinion is that a NetApps strength is that i never have to
touch it except to
install it.



laz