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Patricia_Zander
19 years ago

Backup time increased to 9 hrs from 2 hrs after reinstalling FAST

Would the reinstallation of Dell's FAST (Flexible Array Storage Tool) cause this dramatic increase in Backup time? Getting ready to add more disks to our RAID5 system and am concerned about the backups still running during production hours. Any suggestions would be appreciated.
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Backup and Recovery
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  • priya_khire's avatar
    priya_khire
    Level 6
    19 years ago
    Hello,

    Usually the reinstallation should not cause this phenomenal change in the backup speed. Had you done any other changes on the system?

    You can check the following technote that might be useful:

    Reasons why the data throughput rate can be slower than the theoretical maximum when backing up to tape media

    http://support.veritas.com/docs/231488

    Also check the following:

    What Backup Exec settings can be modified to reduce the amount of time it takes for a backup to run?
    http://support.veritas.com/docs/249090

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