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Re: Amanda server selection advice
2006-02-03 09:17:53
Gene Heskett wrote:
So is offloading the compression duties to the client, which has the
advantage of reducing the footprint on the networks bandwidth too.
You do this in the dumptype with "compress client best". It Just
Works(TM) :-)
Well, like I said in my other e-mail, and I believe this is an issue
that other people are running into as well, the client machines are so
slow that even my current backup server is faster than them. Believe me,
I benchmarked the backup times with server vs client side compression,
and the server side is still faster even with it being a huge
bottleneck. Client side compression only "Just Works" if your clients
are reasonably powered, which isn't always the case with legacy servers
to back up. ;)
Graeme
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