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H_Sharma's avatar
H_Sharma
Level 6
10 years ago

Multiple Small Files

Hello Experts, We have one solaris 11 servers. It has many small files it has taken more than 12 hours to take the backup on tape and still running. Drives are free and no issue with the drives. S...
  • Michael_G_Ander's avatar
    10 years ago

    Flash-backup or accelerator is usually the answer to backup of many small files

    Fragmentation causes slower backups, so defragmentation can help with the speed

    suggest you do a bpbkar -nocont to measure how fast you can read the file system