First the setup:
Controller: Dell PowerEdge 1850 with Adaptec U160 SCSI.
Tape Device: Dell PowerVault 122T LTO-2 automated 8-tape drive.
We're backing up a local network of Windows Server 2003 boxes using this setup. Our backup speeds aren't screaming fast, but reasonable (260-360MB/sec). The problem is with the restore. I attempted to restore a 380MB file last week and after 4h 25m, it had only restored 23MB of the file and was seemingly stalled. This morning, I restored a 48KB image file and it took 5:46. I realize some of this is for loading the tape and seeking on the media, but that seems to take about 2:30 generally, so that means another 3:16 to restore the file?
Are there any settings I can change in the restore process? I can't think the network is the problem because of the backup speeds we're able to get.
Thanks,
Scott