diff --git a/lib/constants.py b/lib/constants.py
index ae16d26e6680a71d64fe6b02a7788c290988ed6f..c21a7f4d45457c9e252035269b946cdfe20a9f1c 100644
--- a/lib/constants.py
+++ b/lib/constants.py
@@ -235,7 +235,7 @@ MAX_TAGS_PER_OBJ = 4096
 
 # others
 DEFAULT_BRIDGE = "xen-br0"
-SYNC_SPEED = 30 * 1024
+SYNC_SPEED = 60 * 1024
 LOCALHOST_IP_ADDRESS = "127.0.0.1"
 TCP_PING_TIMEOUT = 10
 GANETI_RUNAS = "root"