An LTO-3 drive needs to run at least 23MB/sec native and
preferably over 80MB native (before compression). We’re having
difficulties consistently getting over 30 – and frequently get a lot
lower – from our Solaris master server to our tape drives with NetBackup
6.0MP5. Our media servers aren’t great either but they’re
going over ISLs although the ISLs aren’t saturated (I’m trying to
take them out of the picture for to eliminate the ISLs as a potential
culprit). Are other people getting consistently better de-stage
performance? I’m trying to determine if what we’ve got is
unique to us or a more global issue. Symantec has been trying to help for
over a year but we haven’t been able to get our performance up to an
acceptable level yet.
If you’re getting great performance, please drop me an
email and let me know what your config is.
Thanks,
…/Ed
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Ed
Wilts, RHCE, BCFP, BCSD
Mounds
View, MN, USA
mailto:ewilts AT ewilts DOT org