Re: Backup Using USB External Drive

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On Sun, 7 Aug 2005 16:05:04 -0700, Mike G <MikeG@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

>I am testing a WD external drive w/ USB 2.0 connection to backup our
>PowerEdge 600SC server running windows server 2000. It is imperative that we
>can recover quickly in the event of system problem. Windows 2000 server
>recognizes the External Drive. I am able to copy data from the system drive
>to the external drive via the USB connection. I have also tested using
>NTBackup and Backup Exec. They appear to work OK ...but very very slow. Only
>about 55MB per minute. Anyone have any thoughts on why so slow? I'd like to
>hear your thoughts and/or experiences. Also does Dell offer any solutions
>in this area?


Giving this a second look - are you using USB. If so that is the reason for the
lack of speed. You must have a USB2 connection.

Borge

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