Compare the performance of backups of NAS file servers (network shares) with and without NetApp SnapDiff, for full and incremental backups.
CIFS Shares
The following table shows how long the scan phase of backups takes to complete.
Type of backup |
Approximate number of files and folders |
Scan phase time without SnapDiff |
Scan phase time with SnapDiff |
---|---|---|---|
Full |
9.1 million |
0:06:40 |
0:06:49 |
Incremental |
400,000 |
0:08:12 |
0:02:00 |
Incremental 2 |
88,000 |
0:07:48 |
0:01:18 |
NFS Exports
The following table shows how long the scan phase of backups takes to complete.
Type of backup |
Approximate number of files and folders |
Scan phase time without SnapDiff |
Scan phase time with SnapDiff |
---|---|---|---|
Full |
9.1 million |
0:26:45 |
0:13:39 |
Incremental |
177,000 |
0:32:43 |
0:02:18 |