Gene,

You say you are backing these up simultaneously. Are the rates
you are mentioning aggregate rates, or are they the rates for
each individual stream? If it's the latter, is the sum of the
streams staying relatively steady?

 -- Tom

Thomas A. La Porte
DreamWorks Feature Animation
tlaporte AT anim.dreamworks DOT com

On Fri, 16 Apr 1999, Pita, Gene wrote:

>I'm backing up 4 MS Exchange servers--at the same time and approximately 17
>GB each--and getting a throughput of 1400 KB/sec (4.8 GB/Hr) on average.  I
>add tree more MS Exchange servers to the backup and the rate drops by a half
>to 670 KB/sec (2.3 GB/Hr).
>
>There was also a time I was getting 10GB/Hr.
>
>The ADSM Exchange Connect Agent, Version 1.1.0.0 "A"  (Fixtest Version A)
>and the ADSM server is an RS/6000 J30 upgraded to J40 level running ADSM
>Server, Version 3.1.1.1.2.
>
>I'm not sure where to start trouble-shooting the bottle neck.  Any
>suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
>
>Thanks.
>
>--Gene
>