As we all
know backup systems are very important but sometimes they become a major source
of headache. One of the biggest issues with any backup system is its slow
performance and is often related to the efficiency of the backup software or
capabilities of the backup hardware.
The complete
procedure of backing up the data can
be compared to a pipeline of varying sizes, containing data to the backup
destination. If any of the sections in the pipe is blocked due to some problem,
congestion thus created slows down the entire procedure.
The idea here
is to find out the reasons leading to congestion and providing data backup solutions to resolve the issues.
Here are the probable reasons:
Speed mismatch:
If the system
sends data too fast or too slow than the backup system can handle then this may
create jam and the backup performance will suffer. Slow speed means you are not
getting maximum throughput. So try to send data according to the speed
required.
Memory:
Insufficient
memory and lack of free hard disk space needed to back up the data may also lead to slow speed, affecting performance
in general. . Just make sure that the
amount of memory consumed by a program when it starts should be released at the
end; this data backup strategy will
definitely help you.
Files:
The total number of files and its size
has a major impact on the backup performance. With few large files the speed of
backing up will be high whereas the speed will be low if there are thousands of
small files. Also backing up the
files located in the same directory is more efficient than those files in
multiple directory locations.
Check Firmware:
Check your firmware and make sure you
have the suitable ones on your system. That means you should have the latest
version of it but not always. Sometimes the backup performance becomes worst
with a new version of firmware; so, in such situation better switch on to the
older version and see if the performance improves.
Analyzing the
above issues you may frame a solution for
improving the performance of data backup.
Nice article on improving data backup speed. Some point which this article discuss like Memory, files, check Firmware are really the reason for slowing your data backup speed if not used proper. Thanks for a great article looking forward for more.
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