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Re: [Networker] Slow backups on Netware

2003-01-13 08:23:30
Subject: Re: [Networker] Slow backups on Netware
From: Jim Lane <JLane AT TORONTOHYDRO DOT COM>
To: NETWORKER AT LISTMAIL.TEMPLE DOT EDU
Date: Mon, 13 Jan 2003 08:24:00 -0500
Anuj: I've been told by Legato that there is a potential problem backing
up NetWare clients based on the total number of files on the client. I
have a large NetWare server that has about 900,000 files on it. as such
it takes 4 to 6 days to get a full backup. Legato told me, without
exactly using the word, that this is a scalability problem with the
Networker client index. they couldn't, or wouldn't, say how many files
are "too many" but that it should work better if I logically subdivided
the NetWare machine into several Networker clients each with a subset of
the data. I was skeptical about this but, to my surprise and pleasure,
it turned out to be right on the money. the smaller clients back up in
parallel within a matter of a few hours, easily an order of magnitude
faster. in the long run this is a bit of a disaster waiting to happen on
the sysadmin side but I guess I'll take it anyway I can get it.

Jim Lane
Sr. Technical Consultant
Network Services
Toronto Hydro
office: (416)-542-2820
cell: (416)-896-8576

>>> anuj AT ACE-DATA DOT COM 12-Jan-03 7:03:27 AM >>>
Hi all,

My backups run fast on all other clients but the backups of Netware
clients are very slow. I am using a Gigabit Network. Can some one
suggest me anything for faster backups on Netware?

Regards,
Anuj Mediratta
Ace Data Devices Pvt. Ltd.
I-132, Kirti Nagar, New Delhi - 110 015.
Phone : 25939466, 25152444
Mobile : 9810168586
Email : anuj AT ace-data DOT com

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