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Re: [Duplicity-talk] Full non-encrypted local backup taking too long
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edgar . soldin |
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Re: [Duplicity-talk] Full non-encrypted local backup taking too long |
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Sat, 02 Nov 2013 17:47:29 +0100 |
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On 02.11.2013 17:36, Jake Wilson wrote:
> Hi have about 450 gigs of data that I need to backup. I am using duplicity
> for the first time. I am only backing up to a local USB 2.0 HDD. This is
> the command I ran
>
> duplicity --no-encryption --include-filelist=filelist / file:///mnt/hdd/backup
>
> The filelist is obviously just a list of directories I want backed up. It
> totals about 450 gigs on disk. Duplicity has been running for 20+ hours now
> on it's first full backup.
>
> Is this normal? It certainly does not take 20+ hours to copy 450 gigs to an
> external USB 2.0 HDD. What is taking so long? It's not even encrypted. I
> can't imagine trying to use duplicity to backup multiple terabytes of data.
> Is there something I'm doing wrong?
>
first.. did you check that your usb hdd really is not at fault here? time a
copy of one gig or such, just to be sure!
if this is not the case:
1. what's your duplicity version?
2. is it possible that your system starts swapping during the backup?
..ede/duply.net