Before I begin describing my problem, here are the specs of my setup.
Server: IBM xSeries 232
Processor: Pentium III 1.2GHz
RAM: 1 GB
Tape Drive: IBM Ultrium LTO 2 3580
SCSI Adapter: Adaptec AIC-7892 Ultra 160
Hard Drive Config: C:- Mirrored E:- RAID 5
OS: Windows 2000 Server SP4
Tape Backup Software: Backup Exec 9 Rev 4454
Anti-Virus: McAfee 4.5 (running)
NIC speed: 100Mb/s
The server described above (Server2) is teh backup server. 90% of the files I need to backup is from another server (server1). Both have 100Mb/s connection speeds. I begin my full backups at 9:00pm on Friday night. By the time the verify completes, its about 2:00pm Saturday afternoon. The total amount backed up is around 130GB.
It used to take longer before but after I got the latest tape drive firmware, tape driver, backup exec update, etc. it improved. I still think this is too slow. Most of the files I backup on Server1 has a rate of around 200MB/min. My older DLT drive had a much better rate. I was told by the IBM tech support that if I have a lot of small files (i.e. MS Word, Excel, etc.) that are less than 1MB, it will be slow. I've seen in another thread an explanation of why that happens. There's got to be a way to speed things up more on this. What else can I do?
Thanks,
DMen
Server: IBM xSeries 232
Processor: Pentium III 1.2GHz
RAM: 1 GB
Tape Drive: IBM Ultrium LTO 2 3580
SCSI Adapter: Adaptec AIC-7892 Ultra 160
Hard Drive Config: C:- Mirrored E:- RAID 5
OS: Windows 2000 Server SP4
Tape Backup Software: Backup Exec 9 Rev 4454
Anti-Virus: McAfee 4.5 (running)
NIC speed: 100Mb/s
The server described above (Server2) is teh backup server. 90% of the files I need to backup is from another server (server1). Both have 100Mb/s connection speeds. I begin my full backups at 9:00pm on Friday night. By the time the verify completes, its about 2:00pm Saturday afternoon. The total amount backed up is around 130GB.
It used to take longer before but after I got the latest tape drive firmware, tape driver, backup exec update, etc. it improved. I still think this is too slow. Most of the files I backup on Server1 has a rate of around 200MB/min. My older DLT drive had a much better rate. I was told by the IBM tech support that if I have a lot of small files (i.e. MS Word, Excel, etc.) that are less than 1MB, it will be slow. I've seen in another thread an explanation of why that happens. There's got to be a way to speed things up more on this. What else can I do?
Thanks,
DMen