[SOLVED] A second pc for back up

[Htapodakiyam]

Hello everyone!

Recently I bought a new pc and made a second pc from my old parts (motherboard ram etc) to use it as a back up. I connected it to my router and through network I transfer my files to and from my main pc. The only thing I had to do was to make my main pc “Network discoverable” and to the back up pc I had to right click every of my three HDDs and then click “Advanced Sharing” to make them usable from my main pc.

I have two questions about this situation.

The file transferring speed from/to my main pc through the network (through router) is 70 MB/s and was going up and down between 30 MB/s and 110 MB/s. Α 7 GB file took me 2 min to be transferred. Why does the transferring speed has that fluctuation? Is there a way to stabilize the speed to 100 or 110MB/s ?

Also something annoying that I’ve noticed was that when I shutted down my back up pc, after 10 minutes it booted on its own. Is there an option that allows or disables this pc to do that ? Can anyone explain that ?

Also I heard Docking station SATA which does the same job in relation to what I’ve done with my 2 pcs. Would Docking station SATA box be a better solution for backing up and transfer data fast?

If there are answers in other threads in this forrum please give me a refrence!
Thanks !

 

[rgd1101]

The file transferring speed from/to my main pc through the network (through router) is 70 MB/s and was going up and down between 30 MB/s and 110 MB/s. Α 7 GB file took me 2 min to be transferred. Why does the transferring speed has that fluctuation? Is there a way to stabilize the speed to 100 or 110MB/s ?

replace the hdd with ssd.

 

[Htapodakiyam]

Sure, im guessing that this fluctuation is normal when I transfer files to ssd and hdd. But what about the auto boot , and the docking station sata

 

[kanewolf]

Hello everyone!

Recently I bought a new pc and made a second pc from my old parts (motherboard ram etc) to use it as a back up. I connected it to my router and through network I transfer my files to and from my main pc. The only thing I had to do was to make my main pc “Network discoverable” and to the back up pc I had to right click every of my three HDDs and then click “Advanced Sharing” to make them usable from my main pc.

I have two questions about this situation.

The file transferring speed from/to my main pc through the network (through router) is 70 MB/s and was going up and down between 30 MB/s and 110 MB/s. Α 7 GB file took me 2 min to be transferred. Why does the transferring speed has that fluctuation? Is there a way to stabilize the speed to 100 or 110MB/s ?

Also something annoying that I’ve noticed was that when I shutted down my back up pc, after 10 minutes it booted on its own. Is there an option that allows or disables this pc to do that ? Can anyone explain that ?

Also I heard Docking station SATA which does the same job in relation to what I’ve done with my 2 pcs. Would Docking station SATA box be a better solution for backing up and transfer data fast?

If there are answers in other threads in this forrum please give me a refrence!
Thanks !

If you want faster transfer, add a 10GE card to each PC and setup a point-to-point network between the two. You could use SFP+ NIC cards and a DAC cable. Or RJ45 and cat6a cable. Depends on what you can find cheap. I recommend Intel based 10GE cards.

 

[Htapodakiyam]

Ah! thanks! That card is something like a
D-Link DGE-528T
card?

both pcs have motherboards close to 2013 which include network cards.

I have connected both pcs to the router via cat5 e cables, and I transfer my files through network sharing. Is that considered as a point to point network connection between the two or that is something more special?

 

[kanewolf]

Ah! thanks! That card is something like a
D-Link DGE-528T
card?

both pcs have motherboards close to 2013 which include network cards.

I have connected both pcs to the router via cat5 e cables, and I transfer my files through network sharing. Is that considered as a point to point network connection between the two or that is something more special?

No that is gigabit only. You will get 100MB max. Something like this -- https://www.ebay.com/itm/X520-SR1-E69818-INTEL-10GB-1-PORT-PCI-E-SERVER-ADAPTER/264801303471
That is an SFP+ based card. You would need a DAC cable like this -- https://www.ebay.com/itm/New-Dell-S...opper-Cable-CAB-SFP-SFP-3M-53HVN/164242648041
That would ensure your network is not the limiting factor.

 

[USAFRet]

The file transferring speed from/to my main pc through the network (through router) is 70 MB/s and was going up and down between 30 MB/s and 110 MB/s. Α 7 GB file took me 2 min to be transferred. Why does the transferring speed has that fluctuation? Is there a way to stabilize the speed to 100 or 110MB/s ?

1,000 small files totaling 7GB will take longer than a single 7GB file.
The speed WILL fluctuate up and down.

 

[Htapodakiyam]

Hey thank!!

No that is gigabit only. You will get 100MB max. Something like this -- https://www.ebay.com/itm/X520-SR1-E69818-INTEL-10GB-1-PORT-PCI-E-SERVER-ADAPTER/264801303471
That is an SFP+ based card. You would need a DAC cable like this -- https://www.ebay.com/itm/New-Dell-S...opper-Cable-CAB-SFP-SFP-3M-53HVN/164242648041
That would ensure your network is not the limiting factor.

Thanks I will consider trying these out after some tests I'll make with the speeds!

1,000 small files totaling 7GB will take longer than a single 7GB file.
The speed WILL fluctuate up and down.

Thanks that was realy helpfull! I will check if I get fluctuations with a big GB file!

But hey, any idea about my two other questions ? Back up pc auto boots and that makes me unplug and plug it all the time

 

[USAFRet]

But hey, any idea about my two other questions ? Back up pc auto boots and that makes me unplug and plug it all the time

For backup functions, I use Macrium Reflect.

Here is my basic backup routine. It goes to my NAS box, but that could easily be another PC or a couple of external USB connected drives.

What is your backup situation at home?

What is your backup situation at home? And if you don't do that, why not? Every single day, I read multiple threads here of "How do I get my stuff back?" or "That drive had 5 years of photos of my kids!!" Be it a dead drive, dropped phone, virus, accidental deletion, formatting the wrong...

forums.tomshardware.com

 

[Htapodakiyam]

For backup functions, I use Macrium Reflect.

Here is my bacsic bakup routine. It goes to my NAS box, but that could easily be another PC or a couple of external USB connected drives.

What is your backup situation at home?

What is your backup situation at home? And if you don't do that, why not? Every single day, I read multiple threads here of "How do I get my stuff back?" or "That drive had 5 years of photos of my kids!!" Be it a dead drive, dropped phone, virus, accidental deletion, formatting the wrong...

forums.tomshardware.com

Thanks a lot I'll check it out!