On 2007-08-30 20:07, Mario Silva wrote:

Hi guys:

Hope you're doing well.

I have a question.

I am backing up a remote server that's been connected through a VPN, and the old way the backup this server was to create a tar file, then this file was sent it through the network, it takes about 40 minutes all the process.

Now, with amanda running in the remote server, to perform the same backup during the nights takes almost 6 hrs. I am not compressing the information, it is just sending the "raw" backup through the network.

The question is, why is taking too much time to backup the server with amanda? The network guys are monitoring the traffic, and according with the graphics, amanda is using all the bandwidth, so I think the problem is not the network.

Verify the size of the output as run by gnutar-amanda is about the
same as the previous one.
Or was the old way only an incremental gtar?

Also, depending on what type of VPN you have, many VPN's automatically
compress the data (while encrypting it), and depending on the quality
of the compressor, it's possible that uncompressable data behave poorly
on such vpn's.  (Although I would not expect an increase from 40 minutes
to 6 hours for this problem.)



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