Yep, we're predominantly a Windows shop, but we do have a few dozen
linux servers.
jason
> -----Original Message-----
> From: WEAVER, Simon [mailto:simon.weaver at astrium.eads.net]
> Sent: Thursday, July 13, 2006 9:53 AM
> To: Brooks, Jason; veritas-bu at mailman.eng.auburn.edu
> Subject: RE: [Veritas-bu] Backup Speeds Revisited
>
>
> Jason
> No worries - Also, do you have a lot of Windows clients?
>
> Regards
>
> Simon Weaver
> 3rd Line Technical Support
> Windows Domain Administrator
>
> EADS Astrium Limited, B32AA IM (DCS)
> Anchorage Road, Portsmouth, PO3 5PU
>
> Email: Simon.Weaver at Astrium-eads.net
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Brooks, Jason [mailto:brooksje at longwood.edu]
> Sent: 13 July 2006 14:44
> To: WEAVER, Simon; veritas-bu at mailman.eng.auburn.edu
> Subject: RE: [Veritas-bu] Backup Speeds Revisited
>
>
> Simon,
> Thanks. I've confirmed with our Networking group, and
> it does seem
> that something was misconfigured, or missed. I'm waiting for
> a test job to
> run and see if the speeds are any better. Lately, this one has ran at
> 18K/sec. We'll see. I'll let the list know what I find, to
> either 'close'
> the issue or offer more info.
>
> As for the Master/Media servers, nothing odd outside of
> needing an
> occasional reboot to refresh.
>
> Thanks,
> Jason
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: WEAVER, Simon [mailto:simon.weaver at astrium.eads.net]
> > Sent: Thursday, July 13, 2006 9:29 AM
> > To: Brooks, Jason; veritas-bu at mailman.eng.auburn.edu
> > Subject: RE: [Veritas-bu] Backup Speeds Revisited
> >
> >
> > Jason
> > First things first - Network infrastructure! Something
> > definetely sounds a little "off" here.
> > Also, ensure all Network related clients are talking at
> > correct maximum speed, as if they were before the move. (ie:
> > Say you were running at 1GB Full, ensure the backbone runs at
> > this type of speed or can cope with the capacity).
> >
> > When performing the backups, what is the behaviour of the
> > Master - does anything seem odd in terms of performance with
> > the Server itself?
> >
> > Regards
> >
> > Simon Weaver
> > 3rd Line Technical Support
> > Windows Domain Administrator
> >
> > EADS Astrium Limited, B32AA IM (DCS)
> > Anchorage Road, Portsmouth, PO3 5PU
> >
> > Email: Simon.Weaver at Astrium-eads.net
> >
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Brooks, Jason [mailto:brooksje at longwood.edu]
> > Sent: 13 July 2006 13:56
> > To: WEAVER, Simon; veritas-bu at mailman.eng.auburn.edu
> > Subject: RE: [Veritas-bu] Backup Speeds Revisited
> >
> >
> > We have the following:
> >
> > Master - Win2k3 SP1, NBU 6.0MP2
> > Media (1) - Win2K3 SP1, NBU6.0MP2
> >
> > We backup everything to the media server on their
> respective subnet to
> > either SAN disk for DSSU, or some go straight to tape. Our tape
> > library is an ADIC Scalar i2K with 2 fibre LTO3s connected
> to our SAN.
> > Clients go
> > through the LAN to get to the media server and then to disk or tape.
> >
> > Before our relocation, we were generally getting speeds on
> > disk at about 1-5
> > MB/sec. I don't know what changes were made to the LAN, but
> > very little
> > with the clients. And it's affecting all clients - Windows,
> > Linux, NDMP.
> > So, maybe I need to talk with our Networking group?
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Jason
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: veritas-bu-bounces at mailman.eng.auburn.edu
> > > [mailto:veritas-bu-bounces at mailman.eng.auburn.edu] On Behalf
> > > Of WEAVER, Simon
> > > Sent: Thursday, July 13, 2006 8:47 AM
> > > To: Brooks, Jason; veritas-bu at mailman.eng.auburn.edu
> > > Subject: Re: [Veritas-bu] Backup Speeds Revisited
> > >
> > >
> > > Can you give any further clearer details as to what your setup is?
> > > What was the speeds BEFORE the move?
> > >
> > > Is there anything differently configured compared to how it was
> > > before the move?
> > >
> > > What about clients - are the clients with slow throughput are SAN
> > > Clients or LAN ?
> > >
> > > Regards
> > >
> > > Simon Weaver
> > > 3rd Line Technical Support
> > > Windows Domain Administrator
> > >
> > > EADS Astrium Limited, B32AA IM (DCS)
> > > Anchorage Road, Portsmouth, PO3 5PU
> > >
> > > Email: Simon.Weaver at Astrium-eads.net
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Brooks, Jason [mailto:brooksje at longwood.edu]
> > > Sent: 13 July 2006 13:33
> > > To: veritas-bu at mailman.eng.auburn.edu
> > > Subject: [Veritas-bu] Backup Speeds Revisited
> > >
> > >
> > > Okay folks. I have a sort of shotgun question - it's big and all
> > > kinds of places/ways to approach, but I need some
> pointers of where
> > > to start.
> > >
> > > In late June, we physically relocated our NBU Master and Media
> > > servers. Their fibre was reconnected to the SAN, and
> additionally,
> > > we activated a
> > > policy to do BMR on four Linux servers. Since that time,
> > > we've started
> > > receiving backup speeds/throughput at about 19K/sec. Last
> > > night, to remove
> > > BMR from the equation, I deactivated the BMR policy and had
> > > the clients
> > > backing up normally. Still, 19K/sec.
> > >
> > > So, does anyone have any suggestions of where to start looking?
> > > Most of my failures are 196s because the backups take so long.
> > >
> > > Thanks,
> > > Jason
> > >
> > > ------------
> > > Jason Brooks
> > > Computer Systems Engineer
> > > IITS - Longwood University
> > > voice - (434) 395-2916
> > > fax - (434) 395-2035
> > > mailto:<brooksje at longwood.edu>
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