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We are experiencing painfully slow backups on one server. When I say slow, I'm talking 2-10 MB/min! We just setup this server this weekend and started the backup process and it has never gone much faster than that! What would cause that?<br />
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A bit about our environment, the server is virtualized hosted on a shared storage. We have other servers on the same LUN and same VM server that are achieving rates that are about 800 MB - 1 GB /min so I know it has nothing to do with networking or the storage.<br />
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The server we're backing up is a Windows 2008 R2 Enterprise.
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We are experiencing painfully slow backups on one server. When I say slow, I'm talking 2-10 MB/min! We just setup this server this weekend and started the backup process and it has never gone much faster than that! What would cause that?

A bit about our environment, the server is virtualized hosted on a shared storage. We have other servers on the same LUN and same VM server that are achieving rates that are about 800 MB - 1 GB /min so I know it has nothing to do with networking or the storage.

The server we're backing up is a Windows 2008 R2 Enterprise.

Slow Backups - Backup Exec

The term "Backup" means the methods and processes involved to copy computer data (system data as well as application data) to media other than the ones where the data originally live (disk, tape, optical, cloud). "Restore" in turn means the methods and processes involved in data recovery, i. e., bringing back copied computer data to their original location. Backup/Restore primarily serves as a means of protection against data loss, be it due to disaster, corruption or sabotage. It can also be used for recovering data from an earlier point in time and even for cloning machines or applications. There is a wide variety of backup/restore software available, from expensive commercial products to free or open source tools.

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