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Manage Acronis Agent resources
This guide explains how to customize the resources (CPU and bandwidth) used by Acronis software to back up your computer with Swiss Backup.
Preamble
- This procedure is particularly useful if your Internet connection or your computer slows down when backups are in progress.
- Also refer to the Acronis documentation on this subject.
- Warning: by limiting the resources allocated to your backups, these may take longer to complete.
Customize the resources dedicated to backups
To access the Acronis management interface:
- Click here to access the Acronis Console with the credentials obtained after adding the device (need help?).
- Click on Settings in the left sidebar.
- Click on System settings in the left sidebar.
- Click on Performance and backup time slot.
- Click on YES to enable performance customization.
- Define the resources dedicated to Acronis:
- CPU priority: allows you to limit the power allocated to your backups.
- Output speed: allows you to limit the bandwidth allocated to your backups; on macOS, enter this parameter in Ko/second as the % value is only taken into account under Windows.
- Define a time slot during which the resources will be lower: this allows you to allocate all resources to your backups when you are not using your computer e.g. reduced resources from 6am to 6pm while Acronis can use all resources during the night.
- Click on Save:
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