pbs with multiple network interfaces

[hbbolen]

I've added 10Gbe to my network and I would like to use it for backups.

I use PBS in a container within a proxmox 8.4.1 box, and I've setup a separate bridge for each of the network interfaces. My 1Gbe vmbr0 is on 192.168.1.0/24 and the 10Gbe vmbr1 is on 192.168.16.0/20. Iperf3 is installed and I've verified that I get 1Gb on the old vmbr0 and 10Gb on the new vmbr1.

However, it appears that PBS is still using the old 1Gbe link.

Questions:

1. Can I steer the backups to use the faster interface?
2. Will it make any difference? I have a cluster of 3 proxmox servers: amd ryzen 3900x, hp 440 running e5-2697, and hp 840 running 2x e5-2690. I have probably a dozen containers and VMs on each box.

If I need to create a new backup datastore, can i transfer the old backups to a new pbs?

 

[Chris]

Hi,
the interface used for data transfer to your PBS depends on the routing setup. So best is to setup a dedicated IP on the faster interface and use that when connecting to the PBS host.