Op 5/10/2011 9:47, Roy Sigurd Karlsbakk schreef: > Hi all > > I have setup Bacula and we're currently backing up three networks, the > private LAN, the DMZ and a remote observatory - Birkenes. The latter is > connected to a 1Mbps SHDSL link. There's a central Director with the > PostgreSQL database. Each of the networks have a private SD. > > Now, backing up Birkenes is tedious. The WAN link seems to be saturated even > though the SD is local. What could be causing this traffic? All metadata (the data that goes into the bacula catalog) still flows between your FD and DIR. Putting the SD local removes most of the traffic, but not all. Depending on the backup speed and the amount of files you backup the metadata could still be a significant amount of data, maybe enough to fill 1Mbps.
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