Thread: One possible solution to slow network backups
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Old 12-29-2006, 03:29 PM
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Originally Posted by chill903 View Post
Now that I've had more of a chance to play with it, using Gig-E to my RAID server via AFP results in 5-6MB/s for an initial image.

For my server, AFP results in nearly an order of magnitude increase in speed when making an initial image. (Of course, all future updates to that image will appear much faster.)

So if anyone is running into slow(er) than expected network backups, try changing protocols (AFP vs. SMB). Worked for me!
How do you change the protocols?
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