We're running ADSM v3.1.1.1 on AIX 4.2.1 on a 2 cpu F50.  We're trying
to backup 9 million 40kb tiff images.

Currently it is setup to use Shared Memory for the client<->server
communications.

Does anyone have any experience in the relative performance of using
shared memory over tcp/ip for backups and restores.

Restore performance for us is a bit of a problem as we currently
calculate it will take around 15 days to restore the images in case of
a complete failure.

Carl.