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Re: [BackupPC-users] new switch, slower backups

2010-01-23 14:03:59
Subject: Re: [BackupPC-users] new switch, slower backups
From: leen AT consolejunky DOT net
To: backuppc-users AT lists.sourceforge DOT net
Date: Sat, 23 Jan 2010 20:02:08 +0100
On 01/23/2010 07:29 PM, klemens wrote:
> Am Samstag, den 23.01.2010, 11:54 -0600 schrieb Les Mikesell:
>
> or something like that ?
>
> linuxpc: # mii-tool eth0
> eth0: negotiated 100baseTx-FD flow-control, link ok
>
>
>    

Add a -v for more information:

eth0: negotiated 100baseTx-FD, link ok
   product info: vendor 00:50:ef, model 14 rev 0
   basic mode:   autonegotiation enabled
   basic status: autonegotiation complete, link ok
   capabilities: 1000baseT-HD 1000baseT-FD 100baseTx-FD 100baseTx-HD 
10baseT-FD 10baseT-HD
   advertising:  100baseTx-FD 100baseTx-HD 10baseT-FD 10baseT-HD 
flow-control
   link partner: 1000baseT-HD 1000baseT-FD 100baseTx-FD 100baseTx-HD 
10baseT-FD 10baseT-HD

>> A common cause of very slow networking is having one of the connections
>> configured for 'full duplex' where the other end is set to negotiate.  When 
>> one
>> end doesn't negotiate the other is forced to pick half duplex which then 
>> causes
>> errors.  Can you try some big file transfers with ftp or other faster 
>> protocol
>> to get an idea of what the network is doing?  Then look for errors with 
>> ifconfig
>> and the switch port management commands.  But backuppc's rsync speed is hard 
>> to
>> predict since it has to read all the remote files for the block checksum
>> comparison and uncompress some on the server side.
>>
>>      
>
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