Slow restore, 410GB 12 hours.

Hello,

We are testing for a few customers the restore procedure for the first time. Those customers have made backups with Symantec System Recovery over the past 3 years.

Hardware:

• HP Proliant ML350 G6
• Raid 5, 4x 150GB
• Disk space:
  • Total: 410GB
  • Used: 360GB

Software:

• Windows Server Standard FE
• Symantec System Recovery 2011
  • 10.0.0.39952

Backup destination:

• External Deonet/Raidon with raid 1 configuration & weekly change of backup disk.
• 3x Western Digital Green 1,5TB 7200RPM WD15EADS

The problems we experience during a restore:

• Slow restore procedure
  • USB 2.0 taking 12 hours to restore
  • SATA directly on the motherboard taking 12 hours to restore
  • USB 3.0 is not regonized during a restore, we cannot restore with this option at this moment

Question:

1. How can we reduce the System Recovery Restore time from 12hours to 4-6hours?
2. From what version is USB 3.0 supported when booting from a Disaster Recovery Disk?
3. Can we create by our own a Disaster Recovery Disk including USB 3.0 support, if yes, how or is there a manual for this?

I hope i provided enough information to get to a solution.

When there is more information required i will directly add it.

Thank you for reading and helping us out.