Backing up IOS Files cause performance issues?

[wilkersondavid]

Greetings,

Does a switch a take a performance hit when backing up the IOS to a TFTP server? Is it best practice to not backup during production, or is this not a big deal?          Thanks    

[jeffrrod]

Dear David,

Thank you for reaching Small Business Support Community.

For IOS based switches, enterprise, please inquire with the proper enterprise support community;

https://supportforums.cisco.com/community/netpro/network-infrastructure/switching

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Kind regards,

Jeffrey Rodriguez S. .:|:.:|:.
Cisco Customer Support Engineer

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