Network connection speed limit has no effect
Hi,
I have 2 machines, each backing up to a NAS device.
One has a gigabit connection (Windows 8) and one has a 100Meg connection (Windows 7) to the LAN, the server is connected via gigabit.
I noticed that whilst validating my backups that i cannot connect to the internet or ping my local router on the machine with the 100Mbps link, however whilst using the machine with the gig link i can.
I noticed the setting to limit network connection speed and set this up on the machine with the 100Mbps limit, but no matter what value i use, (8Mbps for example) it saturated the link when i do a manual validation and i assume its doing the same during a scheduled one.
If i look to task manager -> Performance -> network whilst this validation is ongoing i see a utilization of between 95 - 99% on the 100Mbps link.
On my gig linked machine i tried the same in order to rule out a machine specific issue and again, this value has no effect. If i set the limit to 20Mbps i can still see utilization anywhere from 400 to 800Mbps during a validate.
Given that validation takes a while i cant have the internet and LAN connectivity down for that period of time.
Am i missing something here?
Are you sure?
Does that not seem a bit pointless? What is the point of having a network speed limiter when its only appropriate to half a task?
Are you suggesting if i run a backup then a validation that the backup will be limited but the validation can use as much bandwidth as it likes?
No, I am not 100% sure, the documentation clearly states that transfer speed limiting is for backup processes or tasks. Validation is a separate task so logic says this speed throttling may not work for validation. Here is a link to the performance of backup operation which describes the function:
http://www.acronis.com/en-us/support/documentation/ATIH2014/index.html#…
Your post is the first I have seen that a user wishes to limit transfer rate speed. All other complaints are on the other side of the coin wishing to find ways to increase transfer speed. So your scenario is out of the norm so to speak. I understand your issue and why you wish to limit network usage. I must say however that I find it a bit odd that your situation is such a 180 degree opposite of all others. The explanation I believe is that you have a large pipe to push data through, all gigabit, and in that pipe you have a bottleneck 100Mbps connection that rightly so is being completely saturated by the big pipe. Have you considered upgrading the NIC in this machine to bring it up to gigabit performance and correct your problem? It seems to me that is the best solution to your problem.
The 100Meg machine is, unfortunately, a laptop so there is no way for me to upgrade the NIC on this to anything faster.
Your original idea to use net balancer seems to help though, but its not an ideal, in software, solution.
Do you know if Acronis are actually part of this forum, as in, do they provide input or do they just use helpful guys like you to be their free customer support?
Mostly just us helpful volunteers here I'm afraid!
Ok, well, thank you specifically for your help.
Acronis does seem to have a whiff of EA about it though, despite owning 2014 its never been a purchase i've been fully satisfied with, it just feels dirty.
What I'd give for ongoing WHS 2003 support, a solution that just worked for years and years :)