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[Veritas-bu] Slow HP-UX and AIX backups

2003-06-18 13:07:00
Subject: [Veritas-bu] Slow HP-UX and AIX backups
From: spe08 AT co.henrico.va DOT us (Spearman, David)
Date: Wed, 18 Jun 2003 13:07:00 -0400
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We have a bit of a puzzle going on around here.

Environment: W2K master/media , STK L700, 10 SCSI attached 9840A drives,
NBU DC 4.5 mp4

Since going to 4.5 our throughput for all MS and SCO machines increased
dramatically. However we have two HP-UX 11 machines and two AIX 4.3
machines that are slower than wet gunpowder. All the network settings
are hard 100/full throughout. SCO machines on less capable hardware are
600% faster. On the HP-UX machines file size isn't an issue since the
files are quite large (maps) but the type of file might be (TIF). The
AIX machines are running the SIRSI library catalog software. I don't
know if that might be a problem. Any thoughts?

David Spearman
County of Henrico, Va.

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are quite large (maps) but the type of file might be (TIF). The AIX =
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<P ALIGN=3DLEFT><SPAN LANG=3D"en-us"><FONT SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial">David =
Spearman</FONT></SPAN></P>

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