[cobalt-users] FTP-Based Backup - Time Required to Perform

[gary@xxxxxxxxx]

Hello All.

Based on our first test, the time required to perform a FTP-based backup seems 
to be excessive...details follow:

Yesterday, we successfully did a test backup of "all files of user x" via FTP 
from our remote RAQ3 to a local desktop PC.  Based on a previous posting that 
suggested that the local IP address "persistence" would be long enough to do 
the backup.  Our ISP changes IP address assignments often (sometimes with each 
logon).  Our local PC's FTP server software was up and running with a valid 
username/password account matching what we had entered on the RAQ's Scheduled 
Backup/FTP setup.  The FTP server username account also had write permissions & 
a default directory assigned.

We logged on to our local ISP via a dialup ISDN connection and maintained that 
connection through the night.  The "scheduled backup" was set for "daily", 
i.e., 1 AM.  We observed the time come and go without any obvious chatter 
between the RAQ3 and our local PC.  We went on to bed.  At 6 AM, we received an 
email from the RAQ3 to the ADMIN stating that the backup was successful.

The FTP server's log shows that the RAQ3 logged in at around 4 AM, dumped the 
single file and logged off.  The file size was around 1.8 MBs.  The file size 
seems reasonable based on the selected user.

With all this said...why would it take 3 hours (1 AM - 4 AM) for the RAQ to 
prepare/backup a single user's files and configuration data of only 1.8 MBs?  
We currently have about 900 MBs of websites, user files, and configuration data 
loaded to this RAQ3.  At this rate, it would seem that the RAQ would never get 
done.

I would appreciate your thoughts and comments.

Gary Ownsby
Smoky Mountain Webs
http://www.smokymountainwebs.com

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