Where Did My Speed Go?

[jbowers]

Hello:

 

 

 

I've been using my older Compaq DPEN running NT4.0 to backup a server. I finally got fed up with the blue screens and transferred my tape drive to another machine in my office running Win2K. I started a new backup this am and was going along at 35 to 40 MB/min on my old machine and the b/u was going to take a little over 3 hours. After moving everything over to the new machine I continued with the backup. On the new machine, using the same 100Mbps connection, the transfer rate dropped to 9 to 11 MB/min and is estimated time to complete went up to 20 to 25 hours.

 

 

 

I checked all the settings and everything seemed to be the same on both machines. I tried updating the driver to 2.1 with the same result. I called customer support and they suggested downloading the new 5.6 version. I installed the new version and still have the same transfer rate.

 

 

 

Any help is appreciated.

 

 

 

Jim Bowers

[pfyfe]

Jim, lots of things will be different.

 

 

 

Is there anything else on the SCSI bus? Termination OK? I am assuming you are using the same cable as before.

 

 

 

But the new speed looks more like the network - 10 vs 100. You imply you are using the same cable and port as before. Can you confirm the port is connecting to this machine at 100 if it is a 10/100 port? Both duplex? Have you tried the network card from the previous machine?

 

 

 

Hope this helps, Paul Fyfe.