> Just to inform with precise numbers
>
> I just measure the time precisely now
>
> gbak runs for 21 minutes and 36 seconds to back-up an 11MB
> database and
> generate a 3.6MB transportable backup.
> on the client machine:
> C:\localpub2\bd\odin>"\Program
> Files\Firebird\Firebird_1_5\bin\gbak.exe"
> 192.168.1.1:odin odin_2005_11_22.fbk -user sysdba -password
> masterkey -v
> -t -g
>

Here's a trick I've found fixes problems like this on my network.
On your windows server, open up your network card configuration, and change
it from auto-negotiation of link speed and duplex to 100MBit/Full Duplex.
(If that's what your switch supports)

I know you've done file copies, and got great speed, but I did too! You've
got nothing to loose!

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