On 7 sep 2010, at 07:02, Niklas Lundström wrote:

> Hello
> 
> I just did a restore of 50Mb and it took 4h 18min
> If it had been 50Gb I wouldn't complain
> 
> Total number of objects restored:       114
> Total number of objects failed:           0
> Total number of bytes transferred:   50.99 MB
> Data transfer time:                9,426.15 sec
> Network data transfer rate:            5.53 KB/sec   <--------------
> Aggregate data transfer rate:          3.36 KB/sec
> Elapsed processing time:           04:18:55
> 
> The server has a lot of files,  almost 7 million including the copypool. The 
> TSM DB is really big, 180Gb and 94% full.
> TSM Server 5.5.4.
> 
> Does anyone have a clue of why the restore took so long?
> 

your network sucks? (to put it mildly :) ) I'd check to see if there is any 
mismatch in duplex settings anywhere. Remember, auto-negotiation on the host, 
and a fixed 100 full-duplex setting on the switch will lead to a host at 
half-duplex and tons of collisions.


> It found what volumes to mount fast, but then the client was "Waiting for 
> files from the server....."
> 
> People here are complaining about TSM and that the restores takes long time
> and it's hard to defend it when the restore takes so long...
> 

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Met vriendelijke groeten/Kind regards,

Remco Post