Re: NTBACKUP Slow Across GB network

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You could backup to a local usb drive and then copy the backup files across the network. If copying is quick and only ntbackup is slow, that might get avoid the bottleneck.

"SpinalTap" <SpinalTap@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:ACC9A0C0-F573-4F66-AFD6-1ECA201525F6@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Yeah, except I want them in a separate physical location and don't want to
have to move USB drives around everyday...

"Duncan McC" wrote:

In article <EAC27C2C-835F-43E6-ADC2-E15C6F21C0D6@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
SpinalTap@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx says...
> Hello,
>
> I have about 160GB of data to backup across a gigbit network. I > noticed
> that NTBACKUP was taking a VERY long time - in the neighbourhood of > around 13
> to 15 hours to backup, not to metion the verify.
>
> I did a bunch of troubleshooting and testing on the network and finally
> landed on NTBACKUP being the culprit. Straight data copies over the > network
> run at 400Mb/s to 500Mb/s. Also, Acronis backup runs in the 200 to > 400Mb/s
> range. NTBACKUP runs at about 20 to 80 Mb/s...way too slow.
>
> Does anybody have any idea why this is the case and if it can be sped > up at
> all?

Yah... don't backup across the network. Through another drive on your
Server, or use USB removable drives.

They're cheap.

.

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