Hi, I started a full backup last night of a tired old Windows-based Dell NAS. It's very slow. The filesystem is full and super-fragmented. I also have compression turned on which makes the cpu work rather hard and slows things down even further. 1.5MB/sec :-(
Anyhoo, this leads me to try and guess how long it will take. I ran an estimate before I started, though I can't recall exactly what the figures were. I don't really want to run one again now as that will slow things down even more. Anyway, I'd then have to guess the file compression to work out what the total amount to transfer is (as opposed to the total amount of uncompressed data). I realise a progress bar is a bit much to ask, but do people know of sensible ways to estimate the time a backup has remaining? Gavin -- Gavin McCullagh Senior System Administrator IT Services Griffith College Dublin South Circular Road Dublin 8 Ireland Tel: +353 1 4163365 http://www.gcd.ie http://www.gcd.ie/brochure.pdf http://www.gcd.ie/opendays This E-mail is from Griffith College Dublin. The E-mail and any files transmitted with it are confidential and may be privileged and are intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. If you are not the addressee you are prohibited from disclosing its content, copying it or distributing it otherwise than to the addressee. If you have received this e-mail in error, please immediately notify the sender by replying to this e-mail and delete the e-mail from your computer. Bellerophon Ltd, trades as Griffith College (registered in Ireland No. 60469) with its registered address as Griffith College Campus, South Circular Road, Dublin 8, Ireland. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Join us December 9, 2009 for the Red Hat Virtual Experience, a free event focused on virtualization and cloud computing. Attend in-depth sessions from your desk. Your couch. Anywhere. http://p.sf.net/sfu/redhat-sfdev2dev _______________________________________________ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
