Thanks Dad,

dan wrote:
>
>     Any thoughts on why it is taking so long?
>
>
> what are the specs on the backup server and the client? CPU & RAM 
> specifically.
server: P3-1.0GHz, 384Mb RAM
    server is also the nfs server for two clients in my house.
    So, minimal load while running as nfs server.
client: Q6600-Quad, 4Gb RAM, 80Gb SATA hd
>
> what is their connectivity?
10/100 wired network
>
> is the 5GB is small files, large files, or a mix?
The client is simply an Ubuntu 9.10 64-bit desktop
>
> what is the system load on the backup server and the client?
server: 90%+ while backuppc is running (via top)
client: minor load change but, really not much for Quad CPU

The server stores the /home, hence the reason to exclude /home. I do not 
think I am asking backuppc to do anything abnormal except to backup 
everything other than my exclude list (of the first post.)

I wonder if I have not excluded some log file that is constantly 
changing and therefore messing with my backup.

When I ran the manual troubleshooting command string the CPU (on the 
server) was running at 60% or so. Hum-m-m.
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