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ahmedvienna
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Backup Exec VMware Agent 12.5 - Speed Issues:

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

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AndreTheGiant
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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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ahmedvienna
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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.

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AndreTheGiant
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Backup over network could have some performance problem.

Make some test the see if you have network congestion.

Andre

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