Hallo John and thx for the reply

John Drescher wrote:
 > This is not normal. 800 GB should be finished in less than 10 hours.
 >
 >> if so, is there anything i can do in order to speed things up?
 >>
 > There are a few things you can do but you have to identify what is
 > causing the slowness. It can be the database. It can be a slow network
 > it can be the disk array. It can be a slow server. How many files do
 > you have on the source array? Is this a raid array and not a single
 > disk? Is your filesystem highly fragmented? Is the database on the
 > source array? Is this the same machine as the tape drive? If not do
 > you have a gigabit network between the client and storage? Is the
 > server 2GHz or better? Does it have at least 1GB of memory? Are you
 > using bacula 2.2 or better?


Here the specs
The machine running the MySQL Database, the Bacula director and storage 
daemons is a AMD Sempron 3000+ with 1GB RAM, 2 SCSI discs in a raid 0 and a 
100MB/s uplink

The machine i am trying to backup is an Intel Pentium 3.2GHz with 2GB RAM, the 
Data is on a single SCSI Disc and the box has a 1GB/s uplink.

I do not have the precise figures but the fragmentation should be quite high, 
the Server is operating as Samba Server storing all the Windows profiles and 
shares + a Mail and a Newsserver.

The Bacula version i am using the one shipping with Debian-stable: 1.38.11-8.


 >> I intentionally disabled spooling as i do not have the necessary disc space 
 >> on
 >> the storage daemon to do it and cause i assumed that it would not have a big
 >
 > All you need is a few GB. I use a 2 to 5GB spool file.

Ah ok, dedicating a few GB for this are no problem but can i actually expect 
an improved performance? As far as i know spooling makes only sense when doing 
an incremental backup so that the tape wouldn't have to stop and start all the 
time.


cya tobi

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