New iMac and time for TC Restore?

[jonfarr]

Just got my new 21.5" iMac with a 1TB Fusion drive. I am installing a backup from my Time Capsule and it started out as saying it would take just under 7 hours. Does that seem about right? The backup is around 300-400GB.

 

[JustMartin]

Well, it depends on how it's connected.

 

[Macman45]

Using an ethernet cable, that sounds about right....Thunderbolt would be faster of course, but 7 hours sounds okay to me.

 

[FFabian]

My 110GB TM Backup Migration to my new iMac took 45-50min.

 

[trustever]

Just got my new 21.5" iMac with a 1TB Fusion drive. I am installing a backup from my Time Capsule and it started out as saying it would take just under 7 hours. Does that seem about right? The backup is around 300-400GB.

Let it go over night, sometime these estimations are way to generous and it actually takes far less time as long as you are not doing it wirelessly...

 

[marzer]

Just got my new 21.5" iMac with a 1TB Fusion drive. I am installing a backup from my Time Capsule and it started out as saying it would take just under 7 hours. Does that seem about right? The backup is around 300-400GB.

Some rough calculating shows 300-400GB would take 6.7 to 8.9 hours to transfer at gigabit speeds. So your are in the zone.

 

[jmpage2]

Sounds like you are doing restore over a wifi connection. I restored ~160GB on mine via wired gigabit LAN and it took about 50 minutes.

 

[AppleFan360]

My 400GB restore took about 3 hours using Ethernet.

 

[marzer]

Oops. I was off by a factor on my time conversion. At gigabit speeds 300-400GB would be 45 to 60 at theoretical speeds. Probably 2 to 3 times that in actual operating speeds taking into account network and system overhead.

 

[jonfarr]

Yeah, I did it over wifi. It ended up taking close to 7 hours. Gotta love the TM backup though. Seamless transition from my rMBP to my iMac.