I am trying to backup bunch of desktops running RedHat 6.4 (i86_64) LVM on the top of ext4 to our file server running RedHat using rsnapshot and ssh. I am on 1GbE. I am finding the speed of the first back up abysmal. It takes me about 1 hour to push 1Gb of data. This is my rsnapshot.conf file. What am I doing wrong?Could people suggest some alternatives to rsnapshot.config_version  1.2snapshot_root   /mnt/backup/desktops/test/cmd_cp          /bin/cpcmd_rm          /bin/rmcmd_rsync       /usr/bin/rsync cmd_ssh /usr/bin/sshcmd_logger      /usr/bin/loggercmd_du          /usr/bin/du#cmd_preexec    /path/to/preexec/script#cmd_postexec   /path/to/postexec/scriptlinux_lvm_cmd_lvcreate  /sbin/lvcreatelinux_lvm_cmd_lvremove  /sbin/lvremovelinux_lvm_cmd_mount     /bin/mountlinux_lvm_cmd_umount    /bin/umountlinux_lvm_snapshotsize  2Glinux_lvm_snapshotname  rsnapshotlinux_lvm_vgpath        /devlinux_lvm_mountpath     /mnt/lvm-snapshotretain  hourly  6#              GLOBAL OPTIONS              #verbose         2loglevel        3logfile /var/log/rsnapshotlockfile        /var/run/rsnapshot.pid# Default rsync args. All rsync commands have at least these options set.rsync_short_args        -azrsync_long_args --delete --numeric-ids --relative --delete-excluded --rsync-path=sudo /usr/bin/rsync# ssh has no args passed by default, but you can specify some here.ssh_args        -p 22 -i /root/.ssh/backup_key_dsaexclude '*.core'backup--backup@land.lab.edu:/home/me/     land/  +rsync_long_args=--bwlimit=16
Rsnapshot via SSH speed issue
ssh;performance;rsnapshot