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> On Feb 28, 2012, at 7:19 PM, Jake Anderson wrote:
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> On 26/02/2012 1:54 PM, YES NOPE9 wrote:
>> I have run a backup over a network. It has transferred approximately 19 =
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   ( there =
is no other traffic )
>> gus
> You should be xferring ~8mbytes/sec over 100base.
> sending stuff over network isnt a cpu bound task.
> you havent said how you are backing up
> i wager its your backup software doing something silly.
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Good stuff Jake
   I have ordered a 1000BT switch and some CAT6 cables.   I want to see how=
 that changes things.  I bet you are right about backup app doing something=
 goofy.
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