Time Capsule Backups?

Am I the only person on the planet having issues with time machine and time capsule?

I gave up on the 2 mac book pros I have and bought external hard drives and I'm backing up to the hard drives using firewire. So far no problems.

Now I having problems with the mac mini server I purchased last month.

I am connecting to the time capsule via ethernet. I started the initial backup of13.6 gig and 7 gig moved in about 8 minutes and then it slowed and slowed. And came to a stop (or so it appeared).

So, I went out today and bought a 3 terabyte external and connected to the Mac Mini via firewire.

The backup started, ripped off about 8 gig, has now reached 8.75 gig and has come to a stop.

So what am I missing with the mac mini.

Something that appears so simple is becoming quite a chore.

 

Appears to be an issue with version incompatibility?

I found this

https://discussions.apple.com/thread/4145494?start=0&tstart=0

Does anyone know what the implication to me might be?

I am on OSX 10.7.5