From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU] On 
Behalf Of MC Matt Cooper (2838)
>    I have to backup a pair of exchange servers that (windows 
>2003) that each have about 200GB of data.  It is taking over 9 
>hours to do a FULL backup of the servers.  I was wondering 
>what can be done to increase my
>throughput.  I have found /Buffers=    and /Buffersize=  as performance
>options but nothing else.   Are there ways to multithread 
>these backups?

200GB in 9 hours comes out to 6MB/sec. That's not particularly bad for a
10/100Mb network, but not particularly good.

If you're running Exchange 2003, review the TSM for Mail (Exchange)
manual. There may be a way to multithread the backup if Exchange's data
is broken up into storage groups.

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Mark Stapleton (stapleton AT berbee DOT com)
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