Is that server serves others in the meanwhile? Do you use a switch or a router with many others intensively using the same netwrok? BTW if i were you using a Mac I would just connect the backup disk via a FireWire 800 or Thunderbolt to the computer and would do the backup like that. Tamas On 26 February 2012 06:01, YES NOPE9 wrote: > > > > On Feb 25, 2012, at 10:35 PM, Bob Blick wrote: > > > > Network backups are CPU-intensive. What are the CPUs on each end? > > > > Bob > > > 1.83 GHz Intel Core Duos Mac OS X 2 GB RAM <=3D=3D Each end > > > On Sat, Feb 25, 2012, at 07:54 PM, YES NOPE9 wrote: > >> I have run a backup over a network. It has transferred approximately 1= 9 > >> GBytes in a little over 5 hours on a 100BaseT network. > >> [[ 19.29 GByte & ( 5:14 hours =3D=3D> 18.84K seconds ) =3D=3D> 1= ..204 > >> MByte/sec or ~ 12Mbits/sec ]] > >> Is this to be expected or is the network being under-utilized ( ther= e > >> is no other traffic ) > >> gus > >> -- > >> http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive > >> View/change your membership options at > >> http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist > >> > > -- > http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive > View/change your membership options at > http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist > --=20 int main() { char *a,*s,*q; printf(s=3D"int main() { char *a,*s,*q; printf(s=3D%s%s%s, q=3D%s%s%s%s,s,q,q,a=3D%s%s%s%s,q,q,q,a,a,q); }", q=3D"\"",s,q,q,a=3D"\\",q,q,q,a,a,q); } --=20 http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist .