Fbackup external disk very slow

[Carlos Cunha]

FBackup is extremamaente slow when copying files from an external drive (source) to another (destination).

When I do a direct copy with Windows 7 - 64k (simultaneous to FBackup) the transfer speed is 11MB/seg, much higher than the FBackup (less than 1 mb / sec).

I am using version 4.6.260.

Below the summary and part of log showing the slow progress (each photo takes up about 4 MB).

It's taking more then 6 hours to backup a 37.3 MB photo folder with 7653 photos in a external drive. Runs much faster with C: drive photos and files.
Something can be done?

Thank you

Carlos
Summary:

General:

Name: Backup Completo Dell

Group: My Backup Jobs

Description:

Ini file: C:\Users\Carlos\AppData\Roaming\Softland\FBackup 4\IniFiles\Backup Completo Dell.ini
Destination:

Destination type: External hard drive

Drive: E:

Folder: E:\back Fbackup 30dez2012 Dell\

Catalog: E:\back Fbackup 30dez2012 Dell\Backup Completo Dell.fkc

Lock the destination to this external hard drive: Yes

Enable disk spanning: No
Source(s):

C:\Users

F:\
Filters:

Main:

Include filter:

Include all files.

Exclude filter:

Temporary Files - use as exclude

( File name = '*.tmp|*.temp|*.bak|*.chk|*.fkc-journal')
Backup type:

Type: Mirror

Clear archive bit: No

Folder name prefix: none

Fast mirror: Yes

Create full paths: Yes

Copy files in a subfolder: No

Remove excluded or deleted files from backup: No

Zip the files: No

Copy NTFS security permissions: No

Copy NTFS alternate file streams: No

Allow file splitting when spanning: No

Sort mirror files for optimized spanning: No
Advanced settings:

Backup:

Use local catalog: Yes

Test after backup: Yes

Delete sources after successful backup: No

Ask for backup label before execution: No

Backup open files: Yes

Store temporary catalog data in memory Yes

Backup execution priority: Normal priority

Actions:

Action before backup: not enabled

Action after backup: not enabled

Comparison:

Comparison criteria: [Size, Date modified, Date created, Read-Only, Archived, Hidden, System]

Sounds: not enabled
Emails: not enabled
Scheduler:

Show warning and error messages when scheduled: No

Abort backup when source drives are not available: No

Ask for user input when backup cannot continue: No
LOG (extracted parts):
[31/12/2011 08:19:15] Added file F:\Pictures\Gonçalves Sonia 2010\DSC_3437.JPG

[31/12/2011 08:19:19] Added file F:\Pictures\Gonçalves Sonia 2010\DSC_3438.JPG

[31/12/2011 08:19:24] Added file F:\Pictures\Gonçalves Sonia 2010\DSC_3439.JPG

[31/12/2011 08:19:28] Added file F:\Pictures\Gonçalves Sonia 2010\DSC_3440.JPG

[31/12/2011 08:19:32] Added file F:\Pictures\Gonçalves Sonia 2010\DSC_3441.JPG

[31/12/2011 08:19:37] Added file F:\Pictures\Gonçalves Sonia 2010\DSC_3442.JPG

[31/12/2011 08:19:41] Added file F:\Pictures\Gonçalves Sonia 2010\DSC_3443.JPG

[31/12/2011 08:19:45] Added file F:\Pictures\Gonçalves Sonia 2010\DSC_3444.JPG

[31/12/2011 08:19:50] Added file F:\Pictures\Gonçalves Sonia 2010\DSC_3445.JPG

[31/12/2011 08:19:54] Added file F:\Pictures\Gonçalves Sonia 2010\DSC_3446.JPG

[31/12/2011 08:19:58] Added file F:\Pictures\Gonçalves Sonia 2010\DSC_3447.JPG

[31/12/2011 08:20:03] Added file F:\Pictures\Gonçalves Sonia 2010\DSC_3448.JPG

[31/12/2011 08:20:07] Added file F:\Pictures\Gonçalves Sonia 2010\DSC_3449.JPG

[31/12/2011 08:20:11] Added file F:\Pictures\Gonçalves Sonia 2010\.picasa.ini

[31/12/2011 08:20:11] Added folder F:\Pictures\Viagem Turquia Italia Alemanha 2011

[31/12/2011 08:20:15] Added file F:\Pictures\Viagem Turquia Italia Alemanha 2011\DSC_8729.JPG

[31/12/2011 08:20:20] Added file F:\Pictures\Viagem Turquia Italia Alemanha 2011\DSC_8728.JPG

[31/12/2011 08:20:24] Added file F:\Pictures\Viagem Turquia Italia Alemanha 2011\DSC_8727.JPG

[31/12/2011 08:20:29] Added file F:\Pictures\Viagem Turquia Italia Alemanha 2011\DSC_8726.JPG

[31/12/2011 08:20:32] Added file F:\Pictures\Viagem Turquia Italia Alemanha 2011\DSC_6704.JPG

[31/12/2011 08:20:37] Added file F:\Pictures\Viagem Turquia Italia Alemanha 2011\DSC_6703.JPG

[31/12/2011 08:20:41] Added file F:\Pictures\Viagem Turquia Italia Alemanha 2011\DSC_6702.JPG

[31/12/2011 08:20:45] Added file F:\Pictures\Viagem Turquia Italia Alemanha 2011\DSC_6701.JPG

[31/12/2011 08:20:50] Added file F:\Pictures\Viagem Turquia Italia Alemanha 2011\DSC_6700.JPG

[31/12/2011 08:20:54] Added file F:\Pictures\Viagem Turquia Italia Alemanha 2011\DSC_6699.JPG

[31/12/2011 08:20:59] Added file F:\Pictures\Viagem Turquia Italia Alemanha 2011\DSC_6698.JPG

[31/12/2011 08:21:03] Added file F:\Pictures\Viagem Turquia Italia Alemanha 2011\DSC_6697.JPG

[31/12/2011 08:21:08] Added file F:\Pictures\Viagem Turquia Italia Alemanha 2011\DSC_6696.JPG

[31/12/2011 08:21:12] Added file F:\Pictures\Viagem Turquia Italia Alemanha 2011\DSC_6695.JPG

[31/12/2011 08:21:22] Added file F:\Pictures\Viagem Turquia Italia Alemanha 2011\DSC_6827.AVI

[31/12/2011 08:21:31] Added file F:\Pictures\Viagem Turquia Italia Alemanha 2011\DSC_6830.AVI

[31/12/2011 08:21:39] Added file F:\Pictures\Viagem Turquia Italia Alemanha 2011\DSC_6837.AVI

[31/12/2011 08:21:50] Added file F:\Pictures\Viagem Turquia Italia Alemanha 2011\DSC_6886.AVI

[31/12/2011 08:21:59] Added file F:\Pictures\Viagem Turquia Italia Alemanha 2011\DSC_7103.AVI

[31/12/2011 08:22:06] Added file F:\Pictures\Viagem Turquia Italia Alemanha 2011\DSC_7121.AVI

[31/12/2011 08:22:14] Added file F:\Pictures\Viagem Turquia Italia Alemanha 2011\DSC_7422.AVI

[31/12/2011 08:22:21] Added file F:\Pictures\Viagem Turquia Italia Alemanha 2011\DSC_7454.AVI

[31/12/2011 08:22:25] Added file F:\Pictures\Viagem Turquia Italia Alemanha 2011\DSC_7720.JPG

[31/12/2011 08:22:30] Added file F:\Pictures\Viagem Turquia Italia Alemanha 2011\DSC_7719.JPG

[31/12/2011 08:22:34] Added file F:\Pictures\Viagem Turquia Italia Alemanha 2011\DSC_7718.JPG

[31/12/2011 08:22:38] Added file F:\Pictures\Viagem Turquia Italia Alemanha 2011\DSC_7717.JPG

[31/12/2011 08:22:43] Added file F:\Pictures\Viagem Turquia Italia Alemanha 2011\DSC_7716.JPG

[31/12/2011 08:22:47] Added file F:\Pictures\Viagem Turquia Italia Alemanha 2011\DSC_7715.JPG

[Adrian (Softland)]

Hi,
You upload the files with Windows Explorer in the same time with FBackup? In this case, Windows Explorer could take most of the bandwidth having a higher priority.

[Carlos Cunha]

Actually I did several tests and the Log presented was without Windows Explorer.

I made now a very focused small test and I discovered that the slowness occurs specifically when the drive E (WD Passport 1 TB 070A) is the backup destination.
Using Windows Explorer to the same drive is fast.

Using the reverse (Fbackup from external drive E to F) is fast.

The drive E is working perfectly well on all others instances.
Thank you for same light..

[Adrian (Softland)]

Hi,
It seems the write speed on that drive is slower than the read speed.