When backing up data and getting very slow transfer rate between server and client despite the fast network connection its important to look at the server and client network stats:
Server:
Ifconfig (errors:6 dropped:12 overruns:6) shows network congestion):
[root@bugs ~]# ifconfig -a eth0 eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:30:48:76:B8:EC inet addr:192.168.10.10 Bcast:192.168.10.255 Mask:255.255.255.0 inet6 addr: fe80::230:48ff:fe76:b8ec/64 Scope:Link UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1 RX packets:44088695 errors:6 dropped:12 overruns:6 frame:0 TX packets:27228292 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 RX bytes:2059358934 (1.9 GiB) TX bytes:2541857653 (2.3 GiB) Base address:0xa800 Memory:f2000000-f2020000
Iptraf (amanda server is limiting how much data can be trasfered to it from the client):
eth0 3416410 3416410 0 0 59822.20 kbits/secc
Client:
Ifconfig (errors:10 dropped:0 overruns:10 frame:10) shows network congestion:
bash-3.00# ifconfig -a eth0 eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:15:F2:92:F8:54 inet addr:192.168.10.111 Bcast:192.168.10.255 Mask:255.255.255.0 inet6 addr: fe80::215:f2ff:fe92:f854/64 Scope:Link UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1 RX packets:25108061 errors:10 dropped:0 overruns:10 frame:10 TX packets:31648975 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 RX bytes:1278188716 (1.1 GiB) TX bytes:1865504070 (1.7 GiB) Interrupt:11 Memory:feafc000-0
bash-3.00#
Iptraf (amanda client is sending data faster then server allows to recieve):
eth0 4529880 4529880 0 0 88353.20 kbits/secc
The solution to this problem is to increase the netusage parameter in advanced.conf: