On Thu, Aug 18, 2005 at 10:16:48AM +1000, Jamie Wilkinson wrote: > > Another data point though; this backup today started at 1:30am (it's now > 10:15am) and is only 35% through -- about 20GiB. This is pretty abnormal > (well, compared back to when it used to run -- it would on a bad day be > finishing about now). >
Do you have network analysis capability? One of the early things network-knowledgable people seem to ask is if there is a duplex (half/full) mismatch between the switch and the system. Possibly some auto-negotiation did not get it right. IIRC, it causes a lot of collisions and resends. -- Jon H. LaBadie [EMAIL PROTECTED] JG Computing 4455 Province Line Road (609) 252-0159 Princeton, NJ 08540-4322 (609) 683-7220 (fax)
