Re: [Bacula-users] network appliance backups - large number of files very very slow

2008-01-02 Thread Michael Galloway
On Wed, Jan 02, 2008 at 10:59:08AM -0500, Dan Langille wrote: > > > >no, i did not enable attribute spooling. i have disk space available. i > >can enable > >that and see if it helps. > > I've lost track of whether you are using tape or not, so this post may > not be relevant. > > Another issu

Re: [Bacula-users] network appliance backups - large number of files very very slow

2008-01-02 Thread Michael Galloway
On Wed, Jan 02, 2008 at 09:54:57AM -0500, Dan Langille wrote: > > > > slower at 12MB/s but still tolerable. the last started on christmas day, > > birch: > > > > Job:birch.2007-12-25_16.47.08 > > Backup Level: Full > > Client: "molbio-fd" 2.2.6

Re: [Bacula-users] network appliance backups - large number of files very very slow

2008-01-02 Thread Dan Langille
Michael Galloway wrote: > On Wed, Jan 02, 2008 at 10:38:22AM -0500, Dan Langille wrote: >> I meant to say: Bacula enables it by default. It relies upon the >> PostgreSQL client having the thread safe option. See the above URL for >> some detail. >> >> On a related issue: Are you spooling attrib

Re: [Bacula-users] network appliance backups - large number of files very very slow

2008-01-02 Thread Michael Galloway
On Wed, Jan 02, 2008 at 10:38:22AM -0500, Dan Langille wrote: > > I meant to say: Bacula enables it by default. It relies upon the > PostgreSQL client having the thread safe option. See the above URL for > some detail. > > On a related issue: Are you spooling attributes (Bacula feature)? See

Re: [Bacula-users] network appliance backups - large number of files very very slow

2008-01-02 Thread Dan Langille
Michael Galloway wrote: > On Wed, Jan 02, 2008 at 10:29:36AM -0500, Dan Langille wrote: >>> the db server is the bacula server, its postgres at: >>> >>> # /usr/local/pgsql/bin/postgres -V >>> postgres (PostgreSQL) 8.2.5 >>> >>> and i did not use the delay-insert feature. is there a reference url to

Re: [Bacula-users] network appliance backups - large number of files very very slow

2008-01-02 Thread Dan Langille
Michael Galloway wrote: > On Wed, Jan 02, 2008 at 10:29:36AM -0500, Dan Langille wrote: >>> the db server is the bacula server, its postgres at: >>> >>> # /usr/local/pgsql/bin/postgres -V >>> postgres (PostgreSQL) 8.2.5 >>> >>> and i did not use the delay-insert feature. is there a reference url to

Re: [Bacula-users] network appliance backups - large number of files very very slow

2008-01-02 Thread Michael Galloway
On Wed, Jan 02, 2008 at 10:29:36AM -0500, Dan Langille wrote: > > > >the db server is the bacula server, its postgres at: > > > ># /usr/local/pgsql/bin/postgres -V > >postgres (PostgreSQL) 8.2.5 > > > >and i did not use the delay-insert feature. is there a reference url to > >this? the load on thi

Re: [Bacula-users] network appliance backups - large number of files very very slow

2008-01-02 Thread Dan Langille
Michael Galloway wrote: > On Wed, Jan 02, 2008 at 04:20:12PM +0100, Bruno Friedmann wrote: >>> With the purpose of gathering facts: are these results repeatable? >>> >> In the same way of idea that Dan. >> >> This could be have to do with the database server having to much record to >> store. >> W

Re: [Bacula-users] network appliance backups - large number of files very very slow

2008-01-02 Thread Michael Galloway
On Wed, Jan 02, 2008 at 04:20:12PM +0100, Bruno Friedmann wrote: > > > > > With the purpose of gathering facts: are these results repeatable? > > > > In the same way of idea that Dan. > > This could be have to do with the database server having to much record to > store. > What and where are

Re: [Bacula-users] network appliance backups - large number of files very very slow

2008-01-02 Thread Bruno Friedmann
>> not acceptable at 2MB/s. i cannot find any real difference in the network >> config or nfs mount >> config on these filesystms. i suspect it has to do with the nature of the >> filesystems. masspec >> has less than a millon files, aspen has around 8 million files and birch has >> nearly 17 m

Re: [Bacula-users] network appliance backups - large number of files very very slow

2008-01-02 Thread Dan Langille
Michael Galloway wrote: > happy new year all! > > my backups of network appliance nfs mounts has gotten intolerable. i have 3 > FAS250's > i'm working with: masspec, birch, aspen. all are connected to the same switch > via > gigE network, with single hops to the bacula server (2.2.6 patched). fi

[Bacula-users] network appliance backups - large number of files very very slow

2008-01-02 Thread Michael Galloway
happy new year all! my backups of network appliance nfs mounts has gotten intolerable. i have 3 FAS250's i'm working with: masspec, birch, aspen. all are connected to the same switch via gigE network, with single hops to the bacula server (2.2.6 patched). first full i did was this one: Job: