do you have lots of small files to backup? That usually causes a slow backup. When monitoring your backups split them and see if a certain type of backup is slow. Maybe only exchange backup is very slow and file backup is OK etc. How fast can you robocopy files to your USB drive? rgds OS
________________________________ From: Jim Majorowicz [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, April 16, 2008 9:28 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Backup Miracle I think I've been tasked with making something near impossible happen, so I'm going to start by asking the question here then start my google-fu. My boss has just asked for a backup solution that will do the following: Complete a full backup of SBS 2003 server. There is currently nearly 300 GB of data on this server. Wants Exchange included (Currently about 30 GB in size) Wants a system state Wants it verified. Must be complete in 10 Hours! The current backup system is taking about 24 hours to do this not including the verify, and I think there may be an I/O problem as it is NTBACKUP with BackupAssist v.4.0.16 backing up to a USB 2.0 drive. Unless my math is off, this backup should only take about 5 hours, assuming the transfer occurs at about 20 Mbps. Unfortunately there is some sort of bottleneck that is throttling this back to about 4. What am I missing that would help me fix this problem? -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Disclaimer: This communication contains information that is confidential and may also be legally privileged. It is for the exclusive use of the intended recipient(s). If you are not the intended recipient, disclosure, copying, distribution or other use of, or taking of any action in reliance upon, this communication or the information in it is prohibited and may be unlawful. If you have received this communication in error please notify the sender by return email, delete it from your system and destroy any copies. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm> ~
