Re: [Networker] backup time long on W2k

Check Legato's site for patch LGTpa31323. That fixed a W2k slowness problem
for us. I believe the patch is incorporated into the newer releases.

Vic


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> From:         Howard Martin[SMTP:howard.martin AT EDS DOT COM]
> Reply To:     Legato NetWorker discussion;Howard Martin
> Sent:         Friday, August 30, 2002 10:23 AM
> To:   NETWORKER AT LISTMAIL.TEMPLE DOT EDU
> Subject:      Re: [Networker] backup time long on W2k
> 
> On Fri, 30 Aug 2002 10:36:07 +0200, =?iso-8859-1?Q?francis.berges?=
> <francis.berges AT LAPOSTE DOT NET> wrote:
> 
> >Hello
> >
> >
> >I have some trouble with backups involving W2k servers. These
> >servers were
> >NT4 a few months ago and the full backup of these computers
> >last about 4 to 6 hours for 60 Gb.
> >We upgrade these servers to W2k and now, for the same amount
> >of data the
> >backup takes about one day.
> >
> >We made the followings tests:
> >
> >The backup of one big file ( 700 Mb ) take the same time if
> >the file is on
> >a NT4 client or in a W2k client.
> Which implies it is not a hardware issue.
> >For the same data amount, but
> >with a lot
> >of files ( about 40000 ) the backup for a NT client is three
> >times faster
> >than on a w2k server.
> which implies it is donw to the file reading overheads
> >
> >The network configuration of the clients is the same
> >( they are on the same segment and share wins and dns servers
> >).
> >
> >
> >Any Hints ?
> Any changes to the disks, RAID configuration, was the NT setup with
> modified NTFS settings?
> >
> >
> >My configuration
> >
> >Networker server 6.0.1 ( build 174 ) on NT4 with a 9710 STK
> >library ( 6 DLT
> >7000 ). The clients' software is the same ( 6.0.1 )
> Without searching I seem to recall earlier messages here refering to
> patches for w2k slowness and issues with different versions of networker.
> >
> >
> >thanks
> >
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