In regard to: Re: [Networker] recommendation to backup 1.5 million small...:

I'm having the same problem with 2 directories on UNIX servers (SGI and
Solaris), 1 is 3million and the other 15million files.

Wait -- you're not just talking about 15 million files on one filesystem,
you're talking about 15 million files in one directory?  What's the
filesystem type?  How long does

        time ls > /dev/null

in that directory take?

Very few filesystems handle large numbers of files in one directory very
well.  If standard commands take a long time to process the directory,
NetWorker will do no better.  You will have to bypass the filesystem layer
to get any kind of decent performance.

Tim
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