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SilverfoxUK
May 15, 2013Aspirant
Very slow Rsync back up to USB HDD
Hi guys, My back ups are taking for ever... It is a rsync backup via front usb port, about 2 - 5 GB new data, a little changed data. USB is FAT32 i think or NTSF. Either way it takes li...
StephenB
May 16, 2013Guru - Experienced User
I use rsync to backup my pro to the v1 the jobs run on the v1 systems). That gets about 5 MB/s over the network. So it is slow. I don't use rsync over USB, though your speeds seem slower than I'd expect.
Backing up over a gigabit network to a PC-connected USB drive would be faster. That just uses the NAS as a file server.
Backing up over a gigabit network to a PC-connected USB drive would be faster. That just uses the NAS as a file server.
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