Backup slowing down to a crawl

diversity

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Feb 19, 2020
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pve version: Virtual Environment 8.4.1
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System information
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CPU usage:        0.48 % of 128 CPU(s)
IO delay:         0.78 %
Load average:     2.34, 3.10, 2.73

Memory
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RAM usage:        56.17 GiB / 125.64 GiB  (44.71 %)
KSM sharing:      0 B
SWAP usage:       N/A

Storage
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Root FS usage:    93.38 GiB / 772.00 GiB  (12.10 %)

Hardware
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CPU(s):           128 × AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3990X 64-Core (1 Socket)
Kernel version:   Linux 6.8.12-9-pve  (2025-03-16 19:18 UTC)
Boot mode:        EFI

Proxmox
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Manager version:  pve-manager/8.4.1/2a5fa54a8503f96d

When backing up a VM from a local zfs stripped mirror 2 x 3 nvme drives (so i am assuming here is no bottleneck)

At about 47% of 64GB the transfer slows down to a crawl. It happens each and every time I make a backup, of any VM. This time is is not longer continuing.

The network seems fine as I can move files around between clients and also to and from the backup share with great speed.

What steps can I take to find the culprit?