Hi guys, We just started a project around consolidated backup of WAN-connected branch offices to a central TSM server. As always distant nodes, the first problem to cope with is how to get the first full backup of the node without waiting for days, weeks or months. We usually do that by sending a small TSM server to the branch office, do a first full backup, send it back to HQ and import the node(s) to the production TSM server.
However, export/import is sooo ridiculously slow so the export often takes days. So we have discussed upgrading the temp server to v6.3.4 and use node replication to "copy" the nodes. Lots of advantages, it can be put in a set-and-forget configuration until the nodes are fully replicated so switching the nodes to the prod server is pretty easy, but how fast is node replication actually? Is node replication faster or slower than exports in a setup like this? Any thoughts or real-life experience? - Bent
