Seth_E
11 years agoLevel 6
Millions of Files - Slow Performance
Hi there,
We are currently running Netbacku 7.6.0.1 with one media / master server (30 clients only for now)
File servers with 1+ million files take forever to backup with a throughput of ...
- 11 years ago
This is a know dilemma for systems with many small files. Time used for opening,reading and closing many files simply take a long time when repeated enough times.
The best weapon is Netbackup deduplication (MSDP) and Accelerator.
The license for 7.6 should include using MSDP as far as I can recall - but I may be wrong.
Abduls Blog about accelerator:
https://www-secure.symantec.com/connect/blogs/frequently-asked-questions-netbackup-accelerator
https://www-secure.symantec.com/connect/blogs/frequently-asked-questions-netbackup-accelerator-part-ii