Disk to Disk Backup is Very Slow, Solutions ?

(Questions for the original poster.)
, 20 Oct 2006 00:15:34 GMT, Faeandar wrote in
part:
On Tue, 17 Oct 2006 17:45:37 GMT, "Jay" wrote:
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If my rounded math is correct that's about 2.8MB/sec for ftp.
Pathetic to be sure.
I would normally recommend looking at network ports for speed and
duplex mismatches but if your disk writes are 100% that's probably not
your issue.

Drive questions: how many? what type (SATA, FC)? anything else using
these drives besides your copy?

"Steve Cousins" wrote in message
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Network utlization is around 20 megs, but its not constant


Do you get the same thing copying to/from non-RAID volumes across the
network?
What speed do you get reading on the source system?

What speed do you get copying from partition to partition on the
destination system, using partitions that don't share arms? Use an
external USB 2.0 or IEEE-1394 disk if you need to.

What speed do you get over the network using some benchmark program
not involving disks.

Is there any unexplained disk activity going on. Use Iarsn's TaskInfo
in addition to the built-in Windows stuff.

Also, list the exact hardware configuration for both machines and
the connecting network. (I think you gave some information in one of
your messages, but you didn't give details.)

What happens to the speed when you reverse the direction of the disk
transfers?

What is the fastest disk to disk across machines rate that you have
seen with this hardware?