Re: [BackupPC-users] How to speed up backup process? (24+ hours for 140GB with no data change)

2008-01-07 Thread Jon Sundquist
On Tue, 01 Jan 2008 11:57:45 -0500, "Jinshi" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > Hello, > > Currently I am using an old PC as backup server. It takes very long time > for BackupPC 3.0 to backup about 140GB data. Even when no file is > changed, it still takes more than 24 hours. I would like to know wha

Re: [BackupPC-users] How to speed up backup process? (24+ hours for 140GB with no data change)

2008-01-01 Thread dan
you dmesg indicates that you have 2 USB controllers, 1 is a USB1 and 1 is a USB2. USB1: uhub2: VIA UHCI root hub, class 9/0, rev 1.00/1.00, addr 1 uhub2: 2 ports with 2 removable, self powered USB2: uhub3: VIA EHCI root hub, class 9/0, rev 2.00/1.00, addr 1 uhub3: 4 ports with 4 removable, self p

Re: [BackupPC-users] How to speed up backup process? (24+ hours for 140GB with no data change)

2008-01-01 Thread backuppc
On Tue, 01 Jan 2008 11:57:45 -0500, "Jinshi" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > Hello, > > Currently I am using an old PC as backup server. It takes very long time > for BackupPC 3.0 to backup about 140GB data. Even when no file is > changed, it still takes more than 24 hours. I would like to know what

Re: [BackupPC-users] How to speed up backup process? (24+ hours for 140GB with no data change)

2008-01-01 Thread Jinshi
Thanks for your reply. Doug Lytle wrote: > Just a guess, something this old may only support USB v.1, VERY slow. > Type the following: > > lspci -v|grep HCI > > UHCI => USB 1.0 > OHCI => USB 1.1 > EHCI => USB 2.0 > > I found the info on this link: > > http://www.linux-usb.org/FAQ.html#gs7 I

Re: [BackupPC-users] How to speed up backup process? (24+ hours for 140GB with no data change)

2008-01-01 Thread Doug Lytle
Jinshi wrote: > Hello, > > > The backup server is P3 350MHz, 384M ram, running FreeBSD. The backup > drive is a USB 500GB external. The other computer is new Q6600 + 4GB > Just a guess, something this old may only support USB v.1, VERY slow. Type the following: lspci -v|grep HCI UHCI => U

[BackupPC-users] How to speed up backup process? (24+ hours for 140GB with no data change)

2008-01-01 Thread Jinshi
Hello, Currently I am using an old PC as backup server. It takes very long time for BackupPC 3.0 to backup about 140GB data. Even when no file is changed, it still takes more than 24 hours. I would like to know what option I have to speed it up. The backup server is P3 350MHz, 384M ram, runnin