performance optimalization network

[lowlander]

Hi,

we are currently in the deployment of a Veeam Agent backup environment where agents are being deployed by Veeam Backup & Replication.

Within the network configuration we can use 10 GbE. Test driving some SMB copy jobs between agent and repository results in a decent networkspeed of 500MBps.

When we configure an agent with the option to only back-up specific files, we are aware that the speed is not optimal, however still we notice a read speed of 200 MBps during the back-up to the repository. We also notice that only the proces VeeamAgent.exe is using 200 MBps.

Is it possible to increase the VeeamAgent.exe instances ? We are looking how to utilize the total available bandwidth.

If there are some registry tweaks, please let me know

[HannesK]

Hello,
parallel processing is available if you have multiple volumes. As you use file based backup, that option is not available.

Best regards,
Hannes

[lowlander]

Using Image mode backup of volumes speeds up the backups a lot : Regarding 10 GbE connection we see 250 MBps for a full and 60 MBps during incrementals when using File mode backup. Regarding Image mode backup we see a consistent performance increase to 500 MBps in both full and incrementals back-ups.