Where does compress happen?

RussFRussF Posts: 25
edited September 6, 2006 12:17PM in SQL Backup Previous Versions
Hi,

If my destination folder is a network share does SQL BKP 4.6 compress onto the local server 1st before it is sent across to the remote share?

I have a 65Gig DB that is backed up to a remote site via a 25MB radio link, compression speed is about 2.88MB/s.

Doing the the backup locally I get a compression speed of about 39.3MB/s.

Thanks
Russ

Comments

  • peteypetey Posts: 2,358 New member
    SQL Backup never compresses to a local folder before transferring to the entered destination, even if the entered destination is a remote share.

    Is your link speed 25 megabytes/sec, or 25 megabits/sec? If the latter, then the throughput of 2.88 MB/sec is about right.

    If you were to perform a native backup to the remote share via that link, what is the throughput achieved?
    Peter Yeoh
    SQL Backup Consultant Developer
    Associate, Yohz Software
    Beyond compression - SQL Backup goodies under the hood, updated for version 8
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