Hey there. I do IT admin for a small video production house. They have finally put money into new backup gear.
We currently have a single massive NAS (A) hosting about 140 TiB of data. We just got a second NAS (B) waiting to receive backups. We have a 10G-baseT intranet with a W11 and Ubuntu workstation for utility purposes. My goal is to Backup from A to B as quickly as possible to get a complete backup, then move the unit offsite to take bi-monthly updates.
I’ve installed Kopia and I’ve been playing around with it. I did a few tests with a folder that is roughly 150G. Depending on the compression I use I can get that to move at between 09:03 to 11:18. Those both seem a bit slow considering. What’s strange is that on Friday I was able to get the 150G to backup at about 04:05.
I’m brand new to Kopia. I’m using the GUI since I have pretty nasty dyslexia and can get lost if I can’t see what’s happening.
I’d be open to any advice on where to start, what to consider, what settings to evaluate, how to best build my Snapshots (one giant one? a bunch of smaller ones?), and what environmental factors to review. I would love to get these files moving as fast as they can. In the meanwhile, I’m going to browse around and keep testing.
It’s a delightful product. The best one I’ve tested so far.