> - - Validate that memory usage claim
> - - Ensure that the client system has UDMA running properly on all
> harddrives (Drives running in PIO modes generate loads of interrupts and
> thus bog down the CPU), on Windows you can check this in the Device
> Manager (see the IDE controllers' properties there), on Linux this can
> be checked with hdparm. This one is important and often overlooked.

It doesn't really matter.  Most laptops are still 4200 RPM drives.
Newer ones are 5400; and 7200 relatively bleeding edge.

We're talking about Windows here, let's not forget .:}

> - - Check the CPU load of the client during backup (especially if you use
> GZIP client compression). Consider disabling software compression if you

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