Author: Gary Roach <gary719_list1 AT verizon DOT net>
Date: Sun, 07 Apr 2013 13:43:28 -0700
Hi, I am modifying my whole backup system for greater volume and speed. The new system is as follows: Software - Backuppc using rsync (without SSH) Server - D865PERL Motherboard Pentium 4 - 2.4 GHz P
Hi, I am modifying my whole backup system for greater volume and speed. The new system is as follows: Software - Backuppc using rsync (without SSH) Server - D865PERL Motherboard
Gary Roach wrote at about 13:43:28 -0700 on Sunday, April 7, 2013: I am not aware of *any* general complaints about any general hardware. Complaints if any typically reflect a lack of understanding a
Author: "Phil K." <phillip.kennedy AT yankeeairmuseum DOT org>
Date: Sun, 07 Apr 2013 18:33:39 -0400
Another consideration is file system. Once you get beyond basic hardware, there are a number of tweaks to look at on the software side. Your setup isn't terrible, but there's a lot of room for improv
Author: John Habermann <jhabermann AT cook.qld.gov DOT au>
Date: Mon, 8 Apr 2013 11:36:46 +1000
I have one client that shows a speed of 51.24 MB/s for its last full backup but this is definitely not a indication of the wire speed of the link between it and the server as that is a PTP wireless l
Author: Gary Roach <gary719_list1 AT verizon DOT net>
Date: Mon, 08 Apr 2013 09:02:22 -0700
Thank you all for you input. Some clarification: The router/switch is being replaced with a Verizon M1424 Gegabit device. I plan on increasing the memory on the server. This is a home system and the
Author: Les Mikesell <lesmikesell AT gmail DOT com>
Date: Mon, 8 Apr 2013 12:03:04 -0500
On Mon, Apr 8, 2013 at 11:02 AM, Gary Roach <gary719_list1 AT verizon DOT net> wrote: Your bottleneck is really going to be the seek time on those older disk drives, and the smaller the files the mor
Your bottleneck is really going to be the seek time on those older disk drives, and the smaller the files the more trips the heads have to make to the diretory/inode/data. Adding RAM can help some
Gary Roach wrote at about 09:02:22 -0700 on Monday, April 8, 2013: I think you could expect 5-10 MB/S on a GigE network (assuming truly GigE) with the rate limiting step being your CPU and the combin
Author: Gary Roach <gary719_list1 AT verizon DOT net>
Date: Tue, 09 Apr 2013 18:08:27 -0700
Thank you all for your comments. I think I'll scrap the GigE network, use the checksum caching suggestion an load up on RAM. The Green drive is already purchased. This is pretty light load system so