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  3. Primary server configuration guidelines
NetBackup™ Backup Planning and Performance Tuning Guide

Primary server configuration guidelines

This section includes the following topics:
  • Size guidance for the NetBackup primary server and domain

  • Factors that limit job scheduling

  • More than one backup job per second

  • Stagger the submission of jobs for better load distribution

  • NetBackup job delays

  • Selection of storage units: performance considerations

  • About file system capacity and NetBackup performance

  • About the primary server NetBackup catalog

  • Guidelines for managing the primary server NetBackup catalog

  • Adjusting the batch size for sending metadata to the NetBackup catalog

  • Methods for managing the catalog size

  • Performance guidelines for NetBackup policies

  • Legacy error log fields

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