Here are the elapsed real times (in seconds) of the backup and restore operations as reported by the time command:
| Storage | initial backup | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | initial restore | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SFTP | 31.5 | 6.6 | 20.6 | 4.3 | 27.0 | 7.4 | 22.5 | 7.8 | 18.4 | 3.6 | 18.7 | 8.7 |
| Amazon S3 | 41.1 | 5.9 | 21.9 | 4.1 | 23.1 | 7.6 | 27.7 | 7.6 | 23.5 | 3.5 | 23.7 | 7.2 |
| Wasabi | 38.7 | 5.7 | 31.7 | 3.9 | 21.5 | 6.8 | 25.7 | 6.5 | 23.2 | 3.3 | 22.4 | 7.6 |
| DigitalOcean Spaces | 51.6 | 7.1 | 31.7 | 3.8 | 24.7 | 7.5 | 29.3 | 6.4 | 27.6 | 2.7 | 24.7 | 6.2 |
| Backblaze B2 | 106.7 | 24.0 | 88.2 | 13.5 | 46.3 | 14.8 | 67.9 | 14.4 | 39.1 | 6.2 | 38.0 | 11.2 |
| Google Cloud Storage | 76.9 | 11.9 | 33.1 | 6.7 | 32.1 | 12.7 | 39.5 | 9.9 | 26.2 | 4.8 | 25.5 | 10.4 |
| Google Drive | 139.3 | 14.7 | 45.2 | 9.8 | 60.5 | 19.8 | 129.4 | 17.8 | 54.4 | 8.4 | 67.3 | 17.4 |
| Microsoft Azure | 35.0 | 5.4 | 20.4 | 3.9 | 22.1 | 6.1 | 30.7 | 7.1 | 21.5 | 3.6 | 21.6 | 9.2 |
| Microsoft OneDrive | 250.0 | 31.6 | 80.2 | 16.9 | 82.7 | 36.4 | 333.4 | 26.2 | 82.0 | 12.9 | 71.1 | 24.4 |
| Dropbox | 267.2 | 35.8 | 113.7 | 19.5 | 109.0 | 38.3 | 164.0 | 31.6 | 80.3 | 14.3 | 73.4 | 22.9 |
The following table shows new results with 4 threads:
| Storage | initial backup | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | initial restore | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SFTP | 45.0 | 7.7 | 25.4 | 3.5 | 24.7 | 5.3 | 20.5 | 8.7 | 19.8 | 3.8 | 21.1 | 8.5 |
| Amazon S3 | 30.2 | 5.4 | 17.6 | 4.1 | 21.3 | 6.8 | 17.1 | 7.7 | 17.3 | 3.6 | 19.5 | 6.7 |
| Wasabi | 30.7 | 5.4 | 18.3 | 3.8 | 19.5 | 7.4 | 16.8 | 7.1 | 17.3 | 3.5 | 16.4 | 6.2 |
| DigitalOcean Spaces | 30.9 | 6.7 | 18.1 | 3.6 | 20.9 | 6.9 | 15.9 | 6.6 | 17.9 | 2.6 | 15.7 | 6.0 |
| Backblaze B2 | 44.1 | 11.9 | 30.0 | 9.8 | 31.5 | 15.3 | 52.6 | 12.4 | 30.0 | 8.3 | 32.6 | 11.5 |
| Google Cloud Storage | 36.8 | 6.9 | 19.3 | 5.3 | 23.8 | 7.3 | 17.3 | 6.7 | 20.0 | 4.5 | 17.6 | 6.1 |
| Google Drive | 121.6 | 11.6 | 43.3 | 8.1 | 34.9 | 13.4 | 42.5 | 15.5 | 24.6 | 7.9 | 29.5 | 8.1 |
| Microsoft Azure | 31.1 | 5.0 | 21.2 | 4.0 | 21.0 | 6.2 | 22.2 | 6.6 | 19.3 | 4.0 | 17.3 | 6.2 |
| Microsoft OneDrive | 137.2 | 14.4 | 35.0 | 13.2 | 42.0 | 17.9 | 64.4 | 19.4 | 34.9 | 13.8 | 30.2 | 11.0 |
The following table lists the elapsed real times (in seconds) of the backup and restore operations:
| Storage | Initial backup | 2nd backup | 3rd backup | Initial restore | 2nd restore | 3rd restore |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SFTP | 143.5 | 89.6 | 65.5 | 129.6 | 119.8 | 80.5 |
| Amazon S3 | 248.7 | 127.2 | 64.2 | 203.0 | 141.8 | 99.0 |
| Wasabi | 176.5 | 98.2 | 66.5 | 153.6 | 127.2 | 86.3 |
| DigitalOcean Spaces | 275.9 | 120.4 | 67.4 | 419.1 | 160.8 | 92.0 |
| Backblaze B2 | 1510.0 | 740.3 | 138.9 | 767.7 | 295.2 | 113.6 |
| Google Cloud Storage | 479.7 | 180.9 | 72.6 | 299.2 | 147.3 | 88.2 |
| Google Drive | 700.4 | 275.9 | 84.5 | 819.4 | 337.6 | 118.8 |
| Microsoft Azure | 188.9 | 96.7 | 64.6 | 202.4 | 171.1 | 103.4 |
| Microsoft OneDrive | 1267.2 | 449.3 | 104.7 | 895.5 | 564.9 | 147.6 |
| Dropbox | 1655.6 | 612.6 | 127.7 | 1034.5 | 386.3 | 135.6 |
Similar performance improvements can be observed with 4 threads:
| Storage | Initial backup | 2nd backup | 3rd backup | Initial restore | 2nd restore | 3rd restore |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SFTP | 143.5 | 96.5 | 69.3 | 136.3 | 121.5 | 87.5 |
| Amazon S3 | 125.3 | 80.3 | 70.2 | 123.5 | 125.5 | 83.1 |
| Wasabi | 114.4 | 80.0 | 64.0 | 173.7 | 158.4 | 87.5 |
| DigitalOcean Spaces | 115.6 | 89.7 | 63.2 | 105.0 | 95.7 | 77.9 |
| Backblaze B2 | 222.3 | 124.7 | 69.6 | 263.8 | 190.2 | 101.1 |
| Google Cloud Storage | 149.6 | 87.6 | 62.3 | 95.5 | 109.0 | 85.2 |
| Google Drive | 292.9 | 120.9 | 80.3 | 422.4 | 232.4 | 118.4 |
| Microsoft Azure | 120.2 | 88.8 | 72.2 | 143.7 | 112.6 | 138.1 |
| Microsoft OneDrive | 483.7 | 152.9 | 80.5 | 394.7 | 237.3 | 128.7 |