Shawn, Is there an ethernet accelerator or compression engine (i.e. Riverbed) between the TSM server and client? We have noticed sometimes adverse affects when compressing the data on the client in this case.
Cheers, Neil Strand Storage Engineer - Legg Mason Baltimore, MD. (410) 580-7491 Whatever you can do or believe you can, begin it. Boldness has genius, power and magic. -----Original Message----- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Shawn Drew Sent: Wednesday, June 25, 2008 6:29 PM To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] Restore performance puzzler yep, I did consider these things, but I double checked: - 100/Full - The files were compressed when they were backed up, The client is not being taxed decompressing the data stream at all (currently 89% idle) - we started with one thread, but are up to 4 now. Each one is performing pretty pathetically - Data are big files (6x2gB files) - Yes, pinging works, FTP speed between the client and server is fine. Regards, Shawn ________________________________________________ Shawn Drew Data Protection Engineer Core IT Production BNP Paribas RCC, Inc. Office: 201.850.6998 Mobile: 917.774.8141 Internet [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent by: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU 06/25/2008 05:55 PM Please respond to ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU To ADSM-L cc Subject Re: [ADSM-L] Restore performance puzzler Shawn, Based on this information it appears that the VTL is only attached to the TSM server correct? So, the data to the client is not going to be as fast as restoring to the TSM server. Things to consider are... What is the LAN speed and duplex settings for the client? How is the LAN traffic when you are trying to restore? Is compression enabled on the TSM client side? How many channels/threads/mount points are you allowing the client to use? What type of data are you restoring, compress, database data, etc? Can you ping the TSM server from the client? Can you ping the Client from the TSM server? Anyway, I hope this helps! -----Original Message----- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Shawn Drew Sent: Wednesday, June 25, 2008 2:47 PM To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: [ADSM-L] Restore performance puzzler 5.4.1 AIX Server 5.3.4 AIX 5.1 Client Performing a 12 gB restore. (6x2gB files) The restore is performing at a rate of about 250-500 KB/s with bursts up to a whopping 750KB/s (Looking at the VTL drive monitor) If we perform the restore locally to the TSM server's file system, it is fast. (20-30 MB/sex) We can FTP the data to the client fast as well, 10-15MB/sec A restore of the same files performed at the client crawls. We are upgrading to 5.3.6, which looks to be the newest AIX 5.1 client we can use. Any ideas? Regards, Shawn This message and any attachments (the "message") is intended solely for the addressees and is confidential. If you receive this message in error, please delete it and immediately notify the sender. Any use not in accord with its purpose, any dissemination or disclosure, either whole or partial, is prohibited except formal approval. The internet can not guarantee the integrity of this message. BNP PARIBAS (and its subsidiaries) shall (will) not therefore be liable for the message if modified. Please note that certain functions and services for BNP Paribas may be performed by BNP Paribas RCC, Inc. IMPORTANT: E-mail sent through the Internet is not secure. Legg Mason therefore recommends that you do not send any confidential or sensitive information to us via electronic mail, including social security numbers, account numbers, or personal identification numbers. Delivery, and or timely delivery of Internet mail is not guaranteed. Legg Mason therefore recommends that you do not send time sensitive or action-oriented messages to us via electronic mail. This message is intended for the addressee only and may contain privileged or confidential information. Unless you are the intended recipient, you may not use, copy or disclose to anyone any information contained in this message. If you have received this message in error, please notify the author by replying to this message and then kindly delete the message. Thank you.