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Paul A. Zocco wrote:
> 
> To all,
> 
> I posted to these newsgroups a few weeks back looking for help on slow
> backups.  Thanks to those who replied so quickly.  My request this time
> is to find out what kinds of hardware and software people are using to
> backup NetWare 4.1 servers and what kind of backup rates you're
> getting.  I'll post a summarized list to the newsgroups.  Here are my
> questions and thanks for your responses.  Please reply to:
> 
>                 pzocco@wesleyan.edu.
> 
> Note:  I'm interested in those who back up NetWare 4.1 servers, whether
> they back up over a network or to a local backup device.  Please give
> the detail you feel necessary to answer the questions.
> 
> 1) What is the backup server hardware? 

486/100 CPU, 8mm DAT tape, Adaptec 2740 SCSI card.


> 2) Is backup done locally on the server or over the network? (For
> example, local or network)

2/3 local machine, 1/3 over the net. 


> 3) What is the network setup? 

Ethernet 10BaseT

> 4) What backup software is used and what version?  

Arcada Backup Exec w/ compression agent for remote server.

> 5) On the night you do a full backup, how many files and how many
> Gigabytes of data do you have to back up?  (Estimates are fine.)
 
50,000 files,   4GB


> 6) What throughput rate do you get on you backup drives, that is, how
> fast can you back up data?  (For example, 25MB/min)

25MB/min backup,  30MB/min verify 


> Thank you very much.
> Paul A. Zocco