User Guide

Optimizing 101
Storage Management Services Administration Guide
103-000134-001
August 29, 2001
Novell Confidential
Manual 99a38 July 17, 2001
4 Optimizing
This chapter discusses the following topics:
Whether you should compress your files before backup. See
“Compressed Files” on page 101.
How to increase speed when backing up your files. See “Host Server
Performance” on page 102.
How to enhance or optimize server performance. See “Setting Minimum
Packet Receive Buffers” on page 103.
How to synchronize memory between your media and your server. See
“Setting Reserved Buffers Below 16 MB” on page 103.
Compressed Files
WARNING: SBCON and file compression should not be run simultaneously.
Because the default time for both delayed SBCON sessions and compression is
midnight of the current day, change one of these defaults to another time
immediately.
If you want to perform a delayed backup that includes files flagged for
compression, schedule the delayed backup after the compression time to allow
time for the compression to be completed.
When a NetWare 6 volume is mounted, file compression is set to On by
default. When you perform a backup, you can specify whether to keep already
compressed files in a compressed state for the backup, or back them up in a
decompressed state.