> > Hello, > > > > I get very poor performance with compression on a client. > It's a Sun Fire > > V490 with 4 CPUs on 1350Mhz and 16GB memory. > > > > JobId: 11 > > Job: client1.2006-12-04_16.34.10 > > Backup Level: Full > > Client: "sasma" > sparc-sun-solaris2.10,solaris,5.10 > > FileSet: "Sun System" 2006-12-04 10:32:00 > > Pool: "1Month" > > Storage: "File01" > > Scheduled time: 04-Dec-2006 16:34:06 > > Start time: 04-Dec-2006 16:34:13 > > End time: 05-Dec-2006 03:53:36 > > Elapsed time: 11 hours 19 mins 23 secs > > Priority: 10 > > FD Files Written: 314,934 > > SD Files Written: 314,934 > > FD Bytes Written: 41,030,170,977 (41.03 GB) > > SD Bytes Written: 41,078,489,760 (41.07 GB) > > Rate: 1006.6 KB/s > > Software Compression: 82.0 % > > Volume name(s): 1Month-0004|1Month-0005 > > Volume Session Id: 1 > > Volume Session Time: 1165246425 > > Last Volume Bytes: 31,077,182,535 (31.07 GB) > > Non-fatal FD errors: 0 > > SD Errors: 0 > > FD termination status: OK > > SD termination status: OK > > Termination: Backup OK > > > > When I run the same backup wihtout compression it's fast. > Is the server > > really so slow when it compress data? The zlib is from Sun. > > You could check that the fd uses a lerge % of the CPU when > compressing, to be > sure that it isn't waiting for something else. Also, try > timing tar v.s. > tar+gzip on a large directory.
Only a guess.... have you already checked the data to be backuped? I run into similar problems when running backup (compressed) of a filesystem containing many already compressed files. chris ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys - and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV _______________________________________________ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
