Hi, as I have installed BackupPC, I was pleasantly surprised with compression effectiveness (data savings), but unpleasantly surprised with its CPU dependence.
Therefore, I am thinking about preparing some compression CPU performance benchmark for BackupPC. Potential new users or HW buyers would have a feeling what can they expect. In my example, I have bought Intel NUC with Pentium N3700 and backups with compression is 10x slower. Knowing that eariler, I would look for version with i3 or i5. Or not, if they are still to weak. The benchmark idea: 1) Docker image/Dockerfile with preconfigured BackupPC 2) Few datasets: bunch of general documents, images; images with virtual machines; some movies? Few GBs each. 3) Full backup of each dataset as separate host, then second with already filled pool. Preferably from SSD to SSD to not be IO limited. 4) Report backup speeds and timing given by BackupPC What do you think? Would you run the tests on your HW to fill a database? Is it worth doing? Jan ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most engaging tech sites, SlashDot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot _______________________________________________ BackupPC-users mailing list BackupPC-users@lists.sourceforge.net List: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users Wiki: http://backuppc.wiki.sourceforge.net Project: http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/
