Dear All, ENVIRONMENT ============== TSM Server 5.2 on AIX 5.1 TXNGROUPMAX 256 TCPWINDOWSIZE 64
TSM Backup/Archive Client 5.2 on Netware 5 TSANDS.NLM ver 10110.95 TSA500.NLM ver 5.05d SMDR.NLM ver 6.50c TCPWINDOWSIZE 64 TCPBUFSIZE 32 LARGECOMMBUFFERS NO TXNBYTELIMIT 25600 PROCESSORUTILIZATION 10 RESOURCEUTILIZATION 5 Gigabit Network PROBLEM ========= Whilst backup performance of large files is very good (approx 16 MB/s) the backup performance of small files (50 KB to 300KB) is extremely poor (300 KB/s). Backups are straight to a diskpool. I'd be interested in hearing from anyone with any experience of successful backup of small files in a Netware environment, or anyone who has any ideas as to what might be done to improve the situation. Thanks as always, Eric Winters Sydney Australia