Backups to disk across GB ethernet – what’s your speed limit?
We don’t have a SAN yet. We’re trying to improve backup and disaster recovery time windows so we have been testing backups to disk using the following: Windows 2003 Server Dell PowerEdge server 2GB RAM 2xXeon P4′s Veritas Backup Exec 9.1 (backup file size set to 1GB each) SATA hardware RAID controller w/ 64 MB [...]
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| September 25, 2008 3:20 PM
Backup & recovery, Dell PowerEdge, Disaster Recovery, RAID, SAN, SATA, Veritas Backup Exec, Windows Server 2003
We don’t have a SAN yet. We’re trying to improve backup and disaster recovery time windows so we have been testing backups to disk using the following: Windows 2003 Server Dell PowerEdge server 2GB RAM 2xXeon P4′s Veritas Backup Exec 9.1 (backup file size set to 1GB each) SATA hardware RAID controller w/ 64 MB [...]
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| September 25, 2008 3:20 PM
Backup & recovery, Dell PowerEdge, Disaster Recovery, RAID, SAN, SATA, Veritas Backup Exec, Windows Server 2003
Problems backing up NetWare servers with ArcServe
A SearchStorage.com reader asks: I have a HP MSA1000 SAN with 4 NetWare servers attached and a HP MSL5026S2 Tape library (SDLT). I get really good speeds from the server running ArcServe, but whenever I try to use this server to backup the other attached NetWare servers, it runs as bad, if not worse than [...]
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| August 13, 2008 11:45 AM
ArcServe, Backup & recovery, HP MSA1000, Netware, SAN, Tape libraries
A SearchStorage.com reader asks: I have a HP MSA1000 SAN with 4 NetWare servers attached and a HP MSL5026S2 Tape library (SDLT). I get really good speeds from the server running ArcServe, but whenever I try to use this server to backup the other attached NetWare servers, it runs as bad, if not worse than [...]
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| August 13, 2008 11:45 AM
ArcServe, Backup & recovery, HP MSA1000, Netware, SAN, Tape libraries
beginning SAN infrastructre for the company.
On my windows 2 cpu server with 20 disks, disk queue lengths exceed 40. Windows perfmon and IOmeter benchmarks give me 0.9K IOPs for write and 2K for reads, 8K OLTP block size. #disks : 20 : 36 GB, 15K rpm, U320 scsi with two dual channel controllers with 256 MB cache each. I am [...]
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| February 3, 2009 4:44 PM
SAN, SAN architecture, Storage strategy
On my windows 2 cpu server with 20 disks, disk queue lengths exceed 40. Windows perfmon and IOmeter benchmarks give me 0.9K IOPs for write and 2K for reads, 8K OLTP block size. #disks : 20 : 36 GB, 15K rpm, U320 scsi with two dual channel controllers with 256 MB cache each. I am [...]
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| February 3, 2009 4:44 PM
SAN, SAN architecture, Storage strategy
First SAN for my company and it is breaking the bank.
On my windows 2 cpu server with 20 disks, disk queue lengths exceed 40. Windows perfmon and IOmeter benchmarks give me 0.9K IOPs for write and 2K for reads, 8K OLTP block size. #disks : 20 : 36 GB, 15K rpm, U320 scsi with two dual channel controllers with 256 MB cache each. I am [...]
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| February 3, 2009 3:05 PM
SAN, SAN spending, Storage products and equipment
On my windows 2 cpu server with 20 disks, disk queue lengths exceed 40. Windows perfmon and IOmeter benchmarks give me 0.9K IOPs for write and 2K for reads, 8K OLTP block size. #disks : 20 : 36 GB, 15K rpm, U320 scsi with two dual channel controllers with 256 MB cache each. I am [...]
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| February 3, 2009 3:05 PM
SAN, SAN spending, Storage products and equipment
Getting errors backing up a Windows SAN
I am running a Windows 2003 server on a SAN. using 2 qlogic 2300′s connected to the IBM 2109-f16 switch. A IBM 4560slx tape library using a FCO (Fibre channel option) card in the library. The FCO card is connected to the IBM 2109-f16 switch. I have “port” zoned the Server and the library in [...]
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| July 15, 2008 10:32 AM
Backup & recovery, HBA, SAN, Storage Area Networks, Windows Server 2003
I am running a Windows 2003 server on a SAN. using 2 qlogic 2300′s connected to the IBM 2109-f16 switch. A IBM 4560slx tape library using a FCO (Fibre channel option) card in the library. The FCO card is connected to the IBM 2109-f16 switch. I have “port” zoned the Server and the library in [...]
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| July 15, 2008 10:32 AM
Backup & recovery, HBA, SAN, Storage Area Networks, Windows Server 2003
