I _BELIEVE_ that SIZE_DATA_BUFFERS_NDMP applies only to 3rd party NDMP
backups that are sent to a NetBackup server. If you're doing filer to
self or filer to filer backups (3rd party backups to another filer),
then I don't think that SIZE_DATA_BUFFERS_NDMP applies. When NetBackup
is telling a filer to dump to himself or to another filer, I believe the
only thing it does it begin the process and then stand back and wait for
it to finish, and for the NDMP server tell the NetBackup server what it
backed up.
---
W. Curtis Preston
Backup Blog @ www.backupcentral.com
VP Data Protection, GlassHouse Technologies
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From: veritas-bu-bounces AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu
[mailto:veritas-bu-bounces AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu] On Behalf Of Nick
Majeran
Sent: Thursday, July 05, 2007 7:10 PM
To: Dellaripa, Rich
Cc: Rajmund Siwik; veritas-bu AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu
Subject: Re: [Veritas-bu] VTL with NDMP
Again, let me reiterate: I have not attempted to tune NDMP backups
from a NetApp filer to LTO-3 tape. All of my tests were conducted
from EMC Celerra NSX NAS devices.
However, one thing you should be able to tune, and which is quite
easy, is SIZE_DATA_BUFFERS_NDMP. By default, Netbackup uses a 63k
block size for NDMP based backups. Obviously, increasing that from
the default to something more practical, like say (256k), increases
speed writing to tape. LTO-3 supports a maximum block size of
2097152 bytes.
On a Celerra, you can configure the PAX parameters below:
param_name facility default current
configured
paxWriteBuff PAX 64 64
dump PAX 0 0
allowVLCRestoreToUFS PAX 0 0
checkUtf8Filenames PAX 1 1
paxStatBuff PAX 128 128
readWriteBlockSizeInKB PAX 64 64
filter.numFileFilter PAX 5 5
paxReadBuff PAX 64 64
filter.numDirFilter PAX 5 5
noFileStreams PAX 0 0
nFTSThreads PAX 8 8
scanOnRestore PAX 1 1
filter.caseSensitive PAX 1 1
nPrefetch PAX 8 8
nRestore PAX 16 16
writeToArch PAX 1 1
writeToTape PAX 1 1
nThread PAX 64 64
So, there are quite a few parameters to configure from a NDMP
standpoint on a Celerra.
-- nick
On 7/5/07, Dellaripa, Rich <RD1423 AT att DOT com> wrote:
> I second that inquiry...it was my understanding there wasn't much you
> could do to tune NDMP backups.
>
> ---Rich Dellaripa
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Rajmund Siwik [mailto:Rajmund.Siwik AT conexant DOT com]
> Sent: Tuesday, July 03, 2007 4:35 PM
> To: Nick Majeran; veritas-bu AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu
> Subject: Re: [Veritas-bu] VTL with NDMP
>
> What kind of tuning you are doing on NetApps to get that speed?
>
> >
> > I have newer and older Net App boxes, assuming a 2GB san, what
> performance can I expect using NDMP?
> >
> Out of the box, untuned, 50-80 MB/s to LTO-3. Tuned, 70-160 MB/s.
>
>
> -- nick
>
> >
> > Thanks in advance!
> >
> > Paul Kenny
> >
> >
>
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