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[ADSM-L] Spectrum Protect for Virtual Environments version 8.1.0 sets speed records

2017-01-09 13:03:40
Subject: [ADSM-L] Spectrum Protect for Virtual Environments version 8.1.0 sets speed records
From: Stefan Folkerts <stefan.folkerts AT GMAIL DOT COM>
To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
Date: Mon, 9 Jan 2017 19:00:48 +0100
Hi guy's,

I don't know if all of you realise what kind of gigantic performance step
IBM has made with the new version of Spectrum Protect for Virtual
Environments for VMware but I think it's pretty incredible.

The magic parameter is VMMAXRESTORESESSION.
See the results below, 1 session was the max that 7.x could do, see the
speeds below when I crank up the sessions.
Remember, this is restoring a single VM on a single datamover using HOTADD.

10 is the max setting for this value, i'm interested to know if you guy's
are seeing the same kind of results.
Oh, and the upgrade was a breeze, if you aren't using the tagging features
it's just next next finish and the restores go so much faster.

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1 session

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Total number of objects restored:             1

Total number of objects failed:               0

Total number of bytes transferred:       104.23 GB

Data transfer time:                    1,926.99 sec

Network data transfer rate:           56,714.31 KB/sec

Aggregate data transfer rate:         47,888.47 KB/sec

Elapsed processing time:               00:38:02



real    38m4.098s

user    1m14.476s

sys     5m59.144s



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2 sessions

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Total number of objects restored:             1

Total number of objects failed:               0

Total number of bytes transferred:       104.23 GB

Data transfer time:                    2,070.76 sec

Network data transfer rate:           52,776.80 KB/sec

Aggregate data transfer rate:         87,191.25 KB/sec

Elapsed processing time:               00:20:53



real    20m55.142s

user    1m18.472s

sys     5m44.588s





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4 sessions

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Total number of objects restored:             1

Total number of objects failed:               0

Total number of bytes transferred:       104.23 GB

Data transfer time:                    2,476.71 sec

Network data transfer rate:           44,126.23 KB/sec

Aggregate data transfer rate:        139,441.52 KB/sec

Elapsed processing time:               00:13:03



real    13m5.857s

user    1m26.328s

sys     5m56.036s





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8 sessions

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Total number of objects restored:             1

Total number of objects failed:               0

Total number of bytes transferred:       104.23 GB

Data transfer time:                    2,987.28 sec

Network data transfer rate:           36,584.46 KB/sec

Aggregate data transfer rate:        214,630.06 KB/sec

Elapsed processing time:               00:08:29



real    8m30.988s

user    1m25.860s

sys     5m34.796s



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10 sessions

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Total number of objects restored:             1

Total number of objects failed:               0

Total number of bytes transferred:       104.23 GB

Data transfer time:                    3,350.22 sec

Network data transfer rate:           32,621.12 KB/sec

Aggregate data transfer rate:        235,548.17 KB/sec

Elapsed processing time:               00:07:43



real    7m45.688s

user    1m28.052s

sys     5m40.516s