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jbuchal
Feb 03, 2019Tutor
Speed of Initial AWS S3 Backup with ReadyNAS
I started a 75Gb backup to Amazon AWS S3 back on 1/26/19, setting it to sync daily, and it is still not done, though it seems to be very slowly adding subfolders. Is this typical performance for clo...
StephenB
Feb 03, 2019Guru - Experienced User
How fast is your internet upload speed?
- jbuchalFeb 04, 2019Tutor
Speedtest.net reports 0.33 Mbps
- StephenBFeb 04, 2019Guru - Experienced User
jbuchal wrote:
Speedtest.net reports 0.33 Mbps
At that speed a 75 GiB backup would take at least 22 days. That's the best case - assuming that 100% of your internet speed was used to upload the backup 24/7.
Though if the sync was running when you used speedtest, it's possible that your ISP speed is a bit faster than that. Do you know what service you are paying for? Usually the upload/download speeds are also in your ISP bill (or the information in your ISP account).
- jbuchalFeb 04, 2019Tutor
Thanks for the quick reply. I pay $200/month for 20 megs up and 2 down, and now have a repair ticket running with the ISP. The >300 ms ping time isn't helping either, I'm sure.
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