Windows Forum

Ask something
Discussion Locked

Speeding up Microsoft Backup

0 helpful
5 replies

by webmaster

Closed to new repliesThis discussion is closed. It stays readable, but it takes no new replies.
Is there any way to speed up the file transfer rate when using Microsoft Backup? I am seeing a transfer rate of about 1GB per hour. And would like to find a was to reduce the time due to the size of current drives.

5 replies

by saihib

Backup speed is limited by your hardware and it's rated backup speed. If you want faster backup you'll need to upgrade your equipment.

by techkid

You could try Veritas BackupExec. It compresses the data while backing up. Takes us 2 hours 41 minutes to backup 11gigs on 3 year old servers

This discussion is closed to new replies.