> I am working with a server experiencing intermittent
> slow backups.:
> Compaq ML 570, NT 4.0 Domain Controller (yes, I know
> :) )
> BE 6.6.3808
> Compaq 40/80 DLT
> ~9G backed up
> ~2.3G free space on system partition
> Daily full
>
> Backups will run fine for several days/weeks
> (~150M/min for system partition, ~300M/min for data
> partition), then will run extremely slowly for 1-3
> days (~34M/min system and 24M/min data). There are no
> errors in the event logs or in the job logs.
> To date, we have:
> 1) Cleaned the drive
> 2) Turned off virus scanning
> 3) Uninstalled and reinstalled 8.6.3808
>
> Any thoughts or insights would be appreciated.
>
> Charlie
Network Backups or Local Backups?
do you have any scheduled system maintenance that may be iterfering? Defrag, Virus Scan etc?