On Mon, 2005-08-08 at 05:48 -0500, Chris Lee wrote: > You mentioned you're running gentoo on the machine in question. Some more > information might help: > > What profile are you using? (ls -l /etc/make.profile) > What kernel and version? > If 2.6 are you using udev? > Are you using ntpl with 2.6? >
1. ls -l /etc/make.profile lrwxr-xr-x 1 root root 48 May 4 14:02 /etc/make.profile -> ../usr/portage/profiles/default-linux/x86/2005.0 2. uname -r 2.6.9-gentoo-r6 3. Yeah, i am using udev 4. Yeah, native posix threading is enabled > I'm inclined to suspect that either this is due to an obscure configuration > issue, or there's some hidden problem with system libs or something that > makes the filesystem scanning process lag a lot. This is just guess at this > point, but the info I asked for above might help. > might be the case. Well, i I try to scp or ftp a large amount of files (like in /usr/src/linux) should this reveal the problem of filesystem lags? I'll try doing that to see what average speed i'll get. > Also, you might check to see if the remote machine has a firewall rule with > "-m limit" that drops packet bursts over a particular limit per time which > might be interfering with communication between the fd and the director. > This was mentioned with an issue before and I didn't notice that anyone ever > determined if it can be a problem or not. > there is a packet filter (iptables) script, but no "-m limit" option is present Great thanks for all the help > Thanks, > Chris > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf > > Of Andrei Mikhailovsky > > Sent: Monday, 08 August, 2005 04:27 > > To: Ryan Novosielski > > Cc: bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net > > Subject: Re: [Bacula-users] poor network backup performance in 1.36.3 > > > > > > > > On Mon, 2005-08-08 at 00:22 -0400, Ryan Novosielski wrote: > > > Are you absolutely certain that your ethernet cards are set > > properly? > > > Often an improperly negotiated link speed or duplex can > > cause exactly > > > this symptom. I know you mentioned other things that appear > > to rule it > > > out, but check that first regardless -- you might be surprised. > > > > > > > Yeah, I am 100% positive that this is not a network card issue. I've > > tested it quite well, plus this server has been working great at high > > network speeds for over a year now. No network card related issues in > > the logs, no errors/collisions in the ifconfig output and the card is > > set to full duplex. Must be something else. > > > > > > -- > > Andrei > > > > > =Ryan > > > > > > Andrei Mikhailovsky wrote: > > > > > > >On Sun, 2005-08-07 at 18:44 -0300, Roberto Alsina wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > >>>Hello all, > > > >>> > > > >>>First of all, many thanks to all supporters/developers > > of this project, > > > >>>keep up the great job! > > > >>> > > > >>>I have encountered a poor network backup performance for > > one of our > > > >>>remote servers. The maximum transfer rate that I manage > > to get is only > > > >>>50 kbyte/s. The server is hosted in a datacenter and has a large > > > >>>available pipe. I can download files from this server at > > 1-2 mbyte/s > > > >>>without any issues. However, when I try to backup files > > from it (about > > > >>>15gig), the speed that I am getting is very very poor. I > > mean it takes > > > >>>about 5 days to do a full backup. This should not be happening, > > > >>>considering a lot of free bandwidth is not being used. > > > >>> > > > >>> > > > >>Many datacenters have the bandwidth on non-standard ports > > throttled way down. > > > >> > > > >>Try putting your bacula daemons on ports of well-known but unused > > > >>services, and it will probably work much better. > > > >> > > > >> > > > >> > > > > > > > >Yeah, I am aware of this issue. However, i've also tried > > to carry out > > > >the backup using a VPN tunnel that I have setup. The copy > > of files via > > > >vpn tunnel is as fast as without it 1-2mbyte/s. Then doing > > bacula backup > > > >using the VPN tunnel i get about 50kbyte/s, which is about > > the same as > > > >doing a backup without vpn. So the problem does not involve the > > > >datacenter. > > > > > > > >-- > > > >Andrei > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >------------------------------------------------------- > > > >SF.Net email is Sponsored by the Better Software Conference & EXPO > > > >September 19-22, 2005 * San Francisco, CA * Development > > Lifecycle Practices > > > >Agile & Plan-Driven Development * Managing Projects & > > Teams * Testing & QA > > > >Security * Process Improvement & Measurement * > > http://www.sqe.com/bsce5sf > > > >_______________________________________________ > > > >Bacula-users mailing list > > > >Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net > > > >https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > > > SF.Net email is Sponsored by the Better Software Conference & EXPO > > > September 19-22, 2005 * San Francisco, CA * Development > > Lifecycle Practices > > > Agile & Plan-Driven Development * Managing Projects & Teams > > * Testing & QA > > > Security * Process Improvement & Measurement * > > http://www.sqe.com/bsce5sf > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Bacula-users mailing list > > > Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net > > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > > SF.Net email is Sponsored by the Better Software Conference & EXPO > > September 19-22, 2005 * San Francisco, CA * Development > > Lifecycle Practices > > Agile & Plan-Driven Development * Managing Projects & Teams * > > Testing & QA > > Security * Process Improvement & Measurement * > > http://www.sqe.com/bsce5sf > > _______________________________________________ > > Bacula-users mailing list > > Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > SF.Net email is Sponsored by the Better Software Conference & EXPO > September 19-22, 2005 * San Francisco, CA * Development Lifecycle Practices > Agile & Plan-Driven Development * Managing Projects & Teams * Testing & QA > Security * Process Improvement & Measurement * http://www.sqe.com/bsce5sf > _______________________________________________ > Bacula-users mailing list > Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users ------------------------------------------------------- SF.Net email is Sponsored by the Better Software Conference & EXPO September 19-22, 2005 * San Francisco, CA * Development Lifecycle Practices Agile & Plan-Driven Development * Managing Projects & Teams * Testing & QA Security * Process Improvement & Measurement * http://www.sqe.com/bsce5sf _______________________________________________ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
