Slow disk cloning via network

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Slow disk cloning via network

Forum: Clonezilla live

Creator: Gavin Lao

Created: 2008-07-03

Updated: 2013-04-05

Gavin Lao - 2008-07-03

Hello,

I used clonezilla live version 1.1.0-8 to clone disk to image, via network, I tried ssh and samba both are very slow.. the average speed is 130MB/min.

My computer configuration is:
WD 80GB SATAII hard disk, Intel Pentium D 3.2GHz CPU, 1GB memory and a Broadcom Gigabit network apadter.

I also tried using local disk to clone disk to image (2 hard disk, disk to image) and the average speed is just 560MB/min, I haven't choose any type of compression. Compare with Ghost it is very slow disk clone.. clonezilla takes 2 more hours to clone 20GB data. Is it normal ?

Thanks you in advance

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- Steven Shiau - 2008-07-03
  
  For network backup, it depends on the local hardware, network speed and the server's hardware. Some people mentioned that they can saved or restore at the speed about 1 GB/min. This really depends.
  For local backup, maybe the problem you encountered is on kernel support problem. Either you try a older clonezilla live, or wait for Clonezilla live experimental next release. It will come with kernel 2.6.26.
  
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