Hello,
I am wondering and looking for ways to improve my speed of backups. I do not know whether the speed that I have is good enough, or can I make it go faster.
So here's the situation. My backup server is 2 x dual core processors with about 4GB RAM
I have a C Drive : Raid 1
I had a D Drive : Raid 0
I had a W Drive: Raid 5
So the VCBmounter, proxy, and the backup exec (with the vmware agent) are all installed on this server.
I am backing up about 22 GB (2 servers). And It is taking me about 40 Minutes (best case scenario-without verification). - This is the speed of 550 MB / Min
I had a vizioncore software which completed the same task with in 30 Minutes. Now I know 10 minutes is not a great difference. But if there is room for improvements. Then why not? - Besides I will be backing up about 22 Servers in the end. So a few minutes here and there do add up.
I use the D Drive as the temporary place where Backup Exec has things.
The backup to disk folder is on the W Drive and it resides on the SAN - EMC Clairion (2GB/Sec Fibre Channel.
I don't know if I can speed it up. I really would like to. Any help ?
My ESX Enviroment
4 x 2.8 Xeon Processor - 32 GB RAM - Fibre Channel Connection (not the same disk or Raid array as W Drive of the backup server)
Physical VC
Thanks
Are you using SAN transport?
How have you done the benchmark with Vizioncore? Using vRanger+VCB?
On the storage the diffent LUN are on different RAID group?
Andre
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Sorry for not replying to you. I over-looked your email.
No I was using over the network.
No while using the vRanger I used the built in over the network transport. It is not the VCB one.
Yes the are all on different RAID groups and even different enclosure.
Backup over network could have some performance problem.
Make some test the see if you have network congestion.
Andre