Well, root cause may come from different ways : in raw ....
 
It can be caused by client being too busy at CPU level or too high I/O level
or disk array in the storage back-end being saturated.
 
Using compression directives may also increase client-side %CPU
and reduce backup speed. Have a try to use directive without compression.
Data being backuped (compressible or not) may influence.
 
Give also a look at bigasm (cfr perf admin guide) for getting max speed
without taking CPU and IO into account.
 
Medium quality may also cause perf drop down. Too old tapes, dirty tape 
device heads, .... may also have an influence. You may have a try using
new tape.
 
Check also Network duplex config and/or switch/hub %CPU Usage ....
 
HTH,
 
Th
 
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De: Legato NetWorker discussion de la part de Athanasios Douitsis
Date: jeu. 23/02/2006 15:46
À: NETWORKER AT LISTSERV.TEMPLE DOT EDU
Objet : [Networker] how to speed up save process



Hello all,

I am trying to bump up the speed on my SDLT320...unfortunately
I can't get past the 3 something MB/s barrier although the nic's
on both the server and the client are Gigabit Ethernet. 

Any suggestions?

Many thanks in advance,
Athanasios

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