From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Aug 10 05:36:50 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id FAA03701 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Mon, 10 Aug 1998 05:36:50 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from horton.iaces.com (horton.iaces.com [204.147.87.98]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id FAA03695 for ; Mon, 10 Aug 1998 05:36:45 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from proot@horton.iaces.com) Received: (from proot@localhost) by horton.iaces.com (8.8.8/8.8.7) id HAA23405; Mon, 10 Aug 1998 07:35:45 -0500 (CDT) From: "Paul T. Root" Message-Id: <199808101235.HAA23405@horton.iaces.com> Subject: Re: slow amanda dumps? In-Reply-To: from ADRIAN Filipi-Martin at "Aug 9, 98 12:51:54 pm" To: adrian@ubergeeks.com Date: Mon, 10 Aug 1998 07:35:45 -0500 (CDT) Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG X-Organization: USWEST !nterprise Networking - ACES X-Phone: (612) 664-3385 X-Fax: (612) 664-4779 X-Page: (800) SKY-PAGE PIN: 537-7270 X-Address: 600 Stinson Blvd, Fl 1S X-Address: Minneapolis, MN 55413 X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL38 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG I've had some dumps take a lot longer than other, when certain FS's are doing a level 0 dump. On SunOS 4.1.4 (to a Solaris tape host) it turned out to be an old gzip program that was taking so much time. Compiling up the latest solved the problem. In a previous message, ADRIAN Filipi-Martin said: > Hi folks, > > I have amanda-2.4.0p1 running with a 2.2.6 FreeBSD box as the tape > server. I am backing up a mix of Solaris, FreeBSD and Digital boxes, and > am having a preculiar problem. > > When the FreeBSD and Digital clients are dumping the transfer > rates between the client and the server is abysmal. It is on the order of > 50-100KB/s. All of the affected hosts are on a switched 100Mb/s hub, so > connectivity is good. I can even do a "dump -0f - | rsh tapeserver dd > of=/dev/null" and I consistently get throughputs of a 800KB/s or better. > This is about what the other clients are getting normally. > > Has anyone else seen this problem? The folks on the amanda lists > haven't been much help on this one. > > thanks, > > Adrian > -- > [ adrian@ubergeeks.com -- Ubergeeks Consulting -- http://www.ubergeeks.com/ ] > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > -- HOW CAN YOU TELL IF TWO ADULTS EATING DINNER AT A RESTAURANT ARE IN LOVE? "See if the man has lipstick on his face." --Sandra, age 7 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message