>>Thanks for the reply. I have not thought of Lan Free. Any prerequisites before I even go that route? <<
You need a TSM for SAN license for each box where you're going to run lan free. You need to install the TSM Storage Agent on each of those boxes. And of course, you need the appropriate SAN infrastructure. >>On the compression, the backup itself has compression no (that's in the dsm.sys file). But the 3494 tape library and 3590 E1A-X tape drive does the condensing. Are you saying turn compression on in the dsm.sys?<< Yes. Try Compression Yes in the dsm.sys file. It may be that the network is a bottleneck for these large backups and compressing first and then sending the smaller file over the network may improve backup time. It depends on a lot of variables so the best tactic is to try it and compare backup times. This is the CHEAP solution if it works. David
