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Time machine backup extremely slow
I have used ReadyNAS 314 for Time Machine backup for our Apple computers for about 5 years and worked well. For about half a year or maybe longer, the Time Machine backup became very, very slow. It takes days to make a full backup of 200-300 GB.
There are post on this forum that discuss the problem, but there is no solution presented. Since in the manual of OS 6.10 there is still good instruction how to setup Time Machine bakup then I have a hope that it should work.
My setup:
ReadyNAS 314 running OS 6.10.3
MacOS 10.14.6
Router Nighthawk R7000
We use cable for the home office, but occasionally use wifi.
I see that my Time Machine backup is configured with protocol AFP. Recently I tried to change to SMB but then the Time Machine disk could not be found from my computer, so I switched back to AFP. Other communication with the NAS and acess to disk space works excellent. I think this communication is with SMB though.
Appreciate som help!
Hi
The key is really to switch from AFP to SMB. What I understand you need to do that both for the Time Machine setup menu at the NAS and also at setting/access for the Home Folder where the Time Machine backup is located. Do not forget to re-start the computer after this!
After reading the following article I thought it was best to delete the old Time Machine backup and start a new one.
I really think Netgear should update their manual and instructions with these details.
By the way I had some initial contact with Netgear support at level-2 but not very fruitful and indicates lack of documentation on the subject.
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I consider to change communication protocol for Time Machine backup from use of AFP and use SMB.3 instead.
I guess that means that old backups actually need to be removed, right?
I don't think you need to renew the Time machine backup if you will just switch to SMB. It will only create a new backup if you need to expand the cap.
https://kb.netgear.com/000055135/ReadyNAS-OS-6-9-3-Time-Machine-over-SMB
HTH
Regards
Hi
The key is really to switch from AFP to SMB. What I understand you need to do that both for the Time Machine setup menu at the NAS and also at setting/access for the Home Folder where the Time Machine backup is located. Do not forget to re-start the computer after this!
After reading the following article I thought it was best to delete the old Time Machine backup and start a new one.
I really think Netgear should update their manual and instructions with these details.
By the way I had some initial contact with Netgear support at level-2 but not very fruitful and indicates lack of documentation on the subject.
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