[X4U] how long to clone drive?

[John Baltutis]

On 5/11/10,  alexandre <list at kapellos.com> wrote:

>
> as a second back-up, i'd like to clone the 1TB drive (with almost 1 TB of
>data on it?) in my iMac on a nightly basis. using superduper or carbon copy
>cloner, how long does it take to complete a clone using a FW800 external drive?
>
> out of the 2, super duper or CCC, which is better, more flexible for back-ups?

I prefer CCC, but I'm biased, since I moderate the Bombich forums
<http://forums.bombich.com/>.

Cloning with a 27"iMac i7, 12 GB RAM, FW 800, it's copying 1.5 GB/minute. Your
initial clone should take about 11 hours. Incrementals afterwards depend on how
much was changed. BTW, don't push the limits of your target volume. Consider
getting a larger disk.