On Wed, Apr 10, 2013 at 9:52 AM, Jon D <[email protected]> wrote: >> That depends how fast the network you're running is, and how much >> data you've got to worry about, and maybe other things. > > True. I'm trying to backup ~4TB in under 12 hours. 8 hours would be nice... > I think a single 1Gig Cat5 cable is going to get me around 23 hours at > around 850Mbps
This is where the "other things" come into play. If the change-delta, de-dupe, compression, and other magic happens on the agent side of the backup, you may see significant gains. For example, if you're backing up a bunch of small files, and churn is low, and the backup solution uses the "maintain a full mirror of original" model, and it only copies the changed files, your nightly backup might only need to ship a tiny amount of data over the wire. Or if they're large files but it has good change-delta handling. Even without such magic, you may also be able to do a longer full backup on weekends, then an incremental/differential on weeknights. -- Ben ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to [email protected] with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
