Performance

Use this property page to set preferences that affect performance for legacy backups. This property does not apply to Data Protection for Exchange Server.

DP Buffers
Specifies a number in the range 2 - 8 that specifies the number of communication data buffers that IBM Storage Protect Snapshot for Microsoft SQL Server uses when it transfers data to the IBM Storage Protect server. Each buffer has the size that is specified by the DP Buffer Size option. This option applies only to legacy backups.
DP Buffer size
Specifies the size of the buffers that are used by IBM Storage Protect Snapshot for Microsoft SQL Server to transfer data to the IBM Storage Protect server. This option applies only to legacy backups. Specify a value in the range 64 - 8192.
SQL Buffers
Specifies the number of communication data buffers that IBM Storage Protect Snapshot for Microsoft SQL Server uses when it transfers data between the SQL Server and IBM Storage Protect Snapshot for Microsoft SQL Server. Each buffer has the size that is specified in the SQL Buffer Size option. This option applies to legacy backups only. Specify a value from 0 - 999.
SQL Buffer size
Specifies the size of the buffers that are used by IBM Storage Protect Snapshot for Microsoft SQL Server to transfer data from the SQL Server to IBM Storage Protect Snapshot for Microsoft SQL Server. This option applies only to legacy backups. Specify a value in the range 64 - 4096.
Stripes
Specifies the number of data stripes to use in a legacy backup or legacy restore operation. Specify a value in the range 1 - 64. The default value is 1. This option applies to legacy backup and restore operations only.

When you use a multiple stripes number for legacy backups, and setting the Verify Only parameter to Yes to restore the legacy backup, the number of stripes for legacy restore must be equal or greater than the number of stripes for the legacy backup.