SBackup Suite and Network Usage

[NoOp]

On 10/09/2009 11:54 AM, Keith Clark wrote:
> I am using Simple Backup Suite to backup my computers to my serve and I
> just love it so far.  Works like a charm.
> 
> The only issue I have is that is that it hogs the upload bandwidth when
> it is running and slows every other program that needs access to the
> internet (like Base accessing a remote MySQL database) to a crawl.
> 
> Is there a way to limit its bandwidth usage?
> 
> Keith

I have a similar problem with apt-get/update-manager downloads, so I
place an apt.conf file in /etc/apt:

//---------------------------
// Options for limiting Update Manager download speeds
Acquire
{
Queue-Mode "access";       // host|access
http
{
Dl-Limit "100";        // 100Kb/sec maximum download rate
};
};
//--------------------------

That limits update-manager, apt-get, gwget etc., to only 100Kb/sec on my
1.5Mb DSL line. That's one of the first things that I do on all my
machines - expecially a new install so that fetching the hundreds of
updates doesn't soak up all the bandwidth on my line.

No clue if it will also do the same for your Simple Backup, but might be
worth a try. Add an UL limit:

Ul-Limit "<value>";        // <value>Kb/sec maximum upload rate

If not, try to find a similar config file for SB.