> > My doubt is... isn't 324.7 K/s for dump rate too slow? I
> was backing up 1Gb
> > of data and it's taking almost 1 hour! does that mean that
> for 12Gb I'll get
> > something close to 12 hours?
>
> Probably, unless something changes.
I hope it changes. :o)
> > another thing, I tried using compress server best and
> compress client best
> > and I get no difference at all on the backups, same time to
> run, same amount
> > of data, and same tape usage.
>
> Is 'handsoff' the server itself, or another machine? If it is the
> server, then it would be the same either way.
yup. anyway, compression is off now (and was already set to none when I sent
this one).
> > NOTES:
> > planner: tapecycle (1) <= runspercycle (1)
> > planner: Last full dump of handsoff:/home/data/archive on
> tape DailySet01
> > overwritten in 1 run.
>
> This is OK for testing, but would be a big problem for real
> backups. What
> does your tapecycle, runspercycle, and runtapes look like?
well, this is just a test, but I'll run a full backup once in a while for
this box. I'll set up other backup clients to use a different conf file.
> Since the taper and dumper stats are almost identical, I'm
> guessing you
> aren't using a holdingdisk. Configuring one could greatly
> increase your
> taper speeds since the tape must constantly stop and reposition itself
> if the dumper can't keep up, and the dumper has to stop each time the
> tape does since there isn't much buffering in between.
I followed all the steps for this, but I'm not sure if I'm using it or not.
> If this is old slow hardware then the compression might also limit
> your speed.
it was set to none. doesn't matter what I use for compression, the backup
time is the same.
thanks!
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