Re: Poor network backup performance
Josh Fisher via Bacula-users <[email protected]>
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Sorry. I missed that the PC ran Mint, so it should not be a buffer issue. Are you sure data spooling is enabled for the desktop PC job? On 11/27/25 15:10, Phil Pemberton via Bacula-users wrote: > I'll give that a shot, but both machines are running Linux. > > Thanks > Phil. > > > On 24/11/2025 16:50, Josh Fisher via Bacula-users wrote: >> In both the FD and SD config files, set Maximum Network Buffer Size = >> 32768. The default size of 64k is known to cause this issue in >> Windows, or at least certain versions of Windows using certain NICs. >> You will need to restart bacula-sd on the server and bacula-fd on the >> Windows PC before testing. >> >> >> On 11/21/25 09:55, Phil Pemberton via Bacula-users wrote: >>> Hi all, >>> >>> I've been using Bacula to back up my NAS for some time, and it's >>> been working well. I see effective backup rates of about 30MB/s all >>> told (100MB+ unspooling from SSD to tape, maxing out the LTO6 drive). >>> >>> Unfortunately when I added my desktop PC to the backup cycle, I >>> found that the effective rate dropped like a rock, to single-digit >>> megabytes per seconds. >>> >>> The machines are both fairly fast -- the desktop machine (backup >>> source running the FD) is a Ryzen 5 5600X, and the server (with the >>> SAS SSD and tape drive) is an Intel Core i5-9400. >>> The network is gigabit end-to-end, and the transfer rates I'm seeing >>> are very poor. Other applications taking the same path are much faster. >>> >>> Both systems are running Debian derivatives -- the desktop runs Mint >>> with Bacula 13.0.4, and the server runs Ubuntu 24.04 with the same >>> version of Bacula. >>> >>> Is there anything I can do to improve performance backing up over >>> the network, before I resort to a nightly Rsync from the workstation >>> to the server and backing up from there? >>> >>> Thanks. >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Bacula-users mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users > _______________________________________________ Bacula-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users