Topic: Backup? How does that work?

[anne]

Hi everyone,

We currently are using SME server as a pop3 / smtp host for users who have to learn Outlook, a school yes!
When i added in version 6 about 30 users, it worked nice, backup too.

After a while more users wanted to follow this course and make use of new names for Outlook. I added about 60 users, and when the adding of users progressed, i noticed that the connection through my workstation began to slow down, nearly two minutes to add a user.
On the console this was a bit faster, so i added the last users there.

When there were 30 users, i could make a backup to my desktop, no problem. After that the backup was unsuccessful, time-outs. Now i upgraded to version 7 and hoped the problems were gone, no succes.

So my backup started an hour ago, and is now at 58 bytes per second busy trying to backup the TGZ  file to my local desktop. (í have retrieved about 230KB at this point)

Can anyone help me on this, i'm curious, where goes 'backup to desktop' at the console?????
Through FTP i can't find anything.....
Please, can anyone help me shine a light on my problem?

Thanks....

[Daniel B.]

I already have problems with the default backup feature (the download becomming very slow, interrupt etc...) but anyway, now there's several contribs for bakuping your sme. You can have a look at smeserver-dar2(look in the forum), or smeserver-backuppc (http://sme.firewall-services.com/spip.php?rubrique2), there's some other solutions but have a look at least at this two contribs.

[anne]

Hi everyone,

This first mail from me was in error, the problem was not. The cause was by far the fault of Contribs, Sme, Linux or whatsoever. All problems began when traffic was building up when users grew, the networkcard used, a 3c905B Combo card, transmitted everything in order, but the switch, a catalyst 4006 with glasfiber and 6 blades in it, it's ports were configured wrong. Some of them were configured in forced mode 100 full duplex, whilst the card wanted it automatic.
A colleague put the port in auto-mode and the backup was ready in 10 seconds...        
That made my day. Now i'm trying to dig into Linux to find this sort of problems myself before putting on an angry face.
Sorry if i offended anyone, it was not my purpose, just wanted badly to use this fine product.