>>>>> On Fri, 19 May 2006 15:23:18 +0000 (UTC), Bob <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > > Hello, > I am running a Bacula backup server (ver.1.38.5) on a RH-EL4 system with ~30 > Linux clients. All the clients are running on Intel i386 platforms with the > exception of one system. This x86_64 system is running the RH-EL4 x86_64 > version of the OS. It is this system I have a problem with. Full backups take > forever. A full backup of 10gigs takes 25-35 minutes on other systems, but > this > system it takes 24-36 HOURS. Also, the CPU on this system is slammed to 95-98 > percent while the backup is operating. I'll add the back/restore operations do > work, but it takes forever, and the user can not use the machine while the > backup is in progress. This system has a fast CPU AMD 3800 ATHLON and 1Gig > ram. > The motherboard is a MSI K8N Neo2, Video is xfx-geforce 6800gs agp. > > Also, I'll note another network attached type backup program, Bru-Pro, has > the > same problem, only worse. I mention this because I think their is some under > lying common problem between these two applications; accessing file systems, > indexing files, compressing file systems, and transferring file system data > over > a network. > > > All the other applications work just fine on this computer (HTTP, NFS, > Mail,etc). No delays or sluggish behavior when backup applications are in a > standby/inactive state. “Top” reports normal cache, buffer amounts while > running > the backup applications. The logs do not suggest problems. > > Any ideas as to what is causing Bacula (and BRU-Pro for that matter) to take > so > much time and CPU resource and how to fix this problem would be greatly > appreciated.
What does top show as using all the CPU during backups? Maybe the machine is broken, e.g. the CPU goes into a power-saving clock-slowing mode or there is some problem with the disk? It would also be useful to time something simpler, such as gzip on a large file. __Martin ------------------------------------------------------- All the advantages of Linux Managed Hosting--Without the Cost and Risk! Fully trained technicians. The highest number of Red Hat certifications in the hosting industry. Fanatical Support. Click to learn more http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid7521&bid$8729&dat1642 _______________________________________________ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
