--- Paul Keating <pkeating AT bank-banque-canada DOT ca>
wrote:

> Hi all.
>  
> it's been years since I've worked with NDMP much (NB
> 3.x and Auspex file
> servers), with 32 and 64 gig filessytems
> so I'm re-learning everything with NetApp, NB5.0 and
> TB+ filesystems,
> and refreshing lots of old memories.
>  
> seems a restore, even of a couple files from a 600+
> Gig FS backup (home
> directoy FS) takes HOURS....like 5-7 hours.
>  
> The progress monitor shows the tape mounted,
> positioned, etc, then sits
> there for hours with no KB/s or KB restored
> reported, then, bam, it's
> done.
>  
> this more or less normal?
>  
> If so, do you folks have SLAs that account for this
> kind of timeframe
> for restores?
> or do you you snapshots exclusively for restores of
> user data and only
> use tape for DR?
>  
> Paul

do you have DAR (direct access recovery) enabled? 
this will for sure speed things up.

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