Fastback uses incremental for ever disk block backup and saves all info in a 
disk repository and you can integrate FastBack with TSM. From point of view of 
fastback is the same if you directory have one or one million files becasue the 
backup is a disk block level. When you have to restore you have two 
posibilities amoung several one is replace the whole volume with an instant 
restore and you could give service when it begins to restore or the second 
posibility is, for example, if your data is locate in the K: directory you can 
mount from backup unit K: like unit X: and move files from X: to K: 

Regards,

      Fran




----- Mensaje original ----
De: Mehdi Salehi <iranian.aix.support AT GMAIL DOT COM>
Para: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
Enviado: jueves, 30 de abril, 2009 10:15:37
Asunto: Re: best backup method for millions of small files?

Francisco,
Thanks for the hint. What is the mechanism used by FastBack that is helpful
for my case?

Thanks so much,
Mehdi