Use multiple data streams. Make a file list splitting the directories of that 
drive letter to 10 streams (ore more).
Back them up together.

The better way to deal with this is to implement advanced client. It will 
backed up this drive as a row drive (fast) and will give you the opportunity to 
do individual file restores.


>  -------Original Message-------
>  From: Veritas Netbackup <backupicici at gmail.com>
>  Subject: [Veritas-bu] Small files FS backup too slow
>  Sent: 23 Sep '06 21:26
>  
>  We have a Windows 2003 client, I have installed NB with MP4 patch.
>  
>  The D:\ drive has directories with small log files in thousands, now that
>  we have increased the client timeout to 1800, the backups seem to start,
>  but the estimation and backup of the files seem to take forever. Just
>  while I was leaving office today, the backup was running at a snails pace
>  of about 80Kbytes per sec.
>  
>  The NT backup as per the Windows admin finishes in about 1/2 hr.
>  Netbackup of C:\ and H:\ drives are fine.
>  
>  Any solutions????
>  
>  Regards,
>  PP BIJU KRISHNAN
>  
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