On Wed, Jul 06, 2005 at 10:29:17AM -0500, Randy Clarksean wrote: > > I have a number of systems wired locally with switches and hubs. I would > like to be able to do more backups from these systems to a stand alone > backup system with a couple of large hard drives. The issue then becomes > data transfer speeds because a couple of these systems have 100-200 GB of > data stored on them. > > The typical data transfer speeds have been on the order of 2-3 MB/sec when > all network cards are 10/100 MB NICs. > > Randy Replace all the hubs with switches. Hubs are a collision domain and the NICs that connect to them run in half-duplex mode. You might need to configure the NICs that are connected to switches to run in full-duplex mode (check out mii-tool). You will see a dramatic speed increase. -- Jim Kaufman Linux Evangelist public key 0x6D802619 CCNA, CISSP# 65668