Yeah, sorry, forgot to mention setup both sides server/client are gentoo boxes with 1.36.3 version of bacula. They both have 1 gig of ram, client is a dual PIII 1.1Ghz and server is AMD 2400+. There shouldn't be any issues with the network card performance, as i've mentioned that i can download files by ftp/scp/http with 1-2mbyte/s. The server handles local backups with 5-8mbyte/s.
There is no load on the client/server when the backup takes place. By no load I mean about 90% CPU idle with 0.1-0.3 average load. -- Andrei On Sun, 2005-08-07 at 22:35 +0200, Kern Sibbald wrote: > On Sunday 07 August 2005 22:22, Andrei Mikhailovsky wrote: > > Hello all, > > > > First of all, many thanks to all supporters/developers of this project, > > keep up the great job! > > > > I have encountered a poor network backup performance for one of our > > remote servers. The maximum transfer rate that I manage to get is only > > 50 kbyte/s. The server is hosted in a datacenter and has a large > > available pipe. I can download files from this server at 1-2 mbyte/s > > without any issues. However, when I try to backup files from it (about > > 15gig), the speed that I am getting is very very poor. I mean it takes > > about 5 days to do a full backup. This should not be happening, > > considering a lot of free bandwidth is not being used. > > > > Has anyone experienced similar issues when doing a backup on remote > > machines? Is there a way to optimise remote network backup in bacula? > > Are there any other suggestions on how to improve such a poor > > performance? > > > > Many thanks for all the help, > > You were not specific about machines, OSes, versions of Bacula, nor > configurations so it would be very hard for anyone to answer. > > I have seen several similar reports for Win32 machines. In all cases, > apparently the problem was a NVidia ethernet card with old buggy firmware. > > > > > -- > > Andrei > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > > SF.Net email is Sponsored by the Better Software Conference & EXPO > > September 19-22, 2005 * San Francisco, CA * Development Lifecycle Practices > > Agile & Plan-Driven Development * Managing Projects & Teams * Testing & QA > > Security * Process Improvement & Measurement * http://www.sqe.com/bsce5sf > > _______________________________________________ > > Bacula-users mailing list > > Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users ------------------------------------------------------- SF.Net email is Sponsored by the Better Software Conference & EXPO September 19-22, 2005 * San Francisco, CA * Development Lifecycle Practices Agile & Plan-Driven Development * Managing Projects & Teams * Testing & QA Security * Process Improvement & Measurement * http://www.sqe.com/bsce5sf _______________________________________________ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
