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Re: [Networker] Client limit for Networker

2010-10-07 14:43:32
Subject: Re: [Networker] Client limit for Networker
From: "STANLEY R. HORWITZ" <stan AT TEMPLE DOT EDU>
To: NETWORKER AT LISTSERV.TEMPLE DOT EDU
Date: Thu, 7 Oct 2010 14:42:29 -0400
When did you upgrade to 7.4.2? That version is quite old and I don't believe 
EMC even supports it now.

On 10 7, 2010, at 1:32 PM, Suhas M wrote:

> Hello!
> 
> Server has 3 storage nodes and was working fine until it was upgraded
> to 7.4.2. The same payload worked fine with 7.2.1 previously
> 
> Regards,
> Suhas
> 
> On Thu, Oct 7, 2010 at 7:44 PM, STANLEY R. HORWITZ <stan AT temple DOT edu> 
> wrote:
>> You are backing up 1800 clients with one server and no storage nodes? There 
>> are numerous limiting factors, but you need to look at save streams rather, 
>> not just clients. If you log onto PowerLink, there is a NetWorker 
>> performance and tuning guide which you can download and read. I encourage 
>> you to read that document. 1800 clients on one server without any storage 
>> nodes is ripe for tuning improvement by splitting the clients up into 
>> multiple storage nodes.
>> 
>> 
>> On 10 7, 2010, at 9:38 AM, Punitsingh Suryawanshi wrote:
>> 
>>> Hello!
>>> 
>>> I was wondering what is the limit to number of clients that can be
>>> configured and successfully backedup using Networker.
>>> It looks like theoretical limit and practical limit has a gross difference.
>>> We have a server with roughly 1800 clients and we are very frequently
>>> running into issues like group hung, RPC errors etc.
>>> I am confident that the server is well tuned and configured.
>>> 
>>> Thanks,
>>> -Punit
>>> 
>>> 
>>> --
>>> Regards,
>>> 
>>> Punitsingh Suryawanshi
>>> 
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