Chris Adams wrote: > I'm copying a big chunk of data to a single file on an NFS server (in > this case, using ntfsclone to back up a NTFS partition). Both the > client and the server are on gigabit ethernet, and both are running > FC6. What sort of hard disks? What age? What does hdparm -Tt /dev/hd? say on the appropriate machine? What else is the NFS server doing? Les has given you some good advice, but you should also be aware that * gigabit Ethernet is considerably faster than current hard disks * hard disk performance (in MB/s) drops as you get closer to the inside of the disk * fragmentation (at either end) or multiple small files (although not in this case) can also add overhead. Hope this helps, James. -- E-mail: james@ | How about an Australian-language version? aprilcottage.co.uk | 'Your program just attempted an illegal instruction. | No worries, mate.' | -- Paul Tomblin