I have a 52 GB database that take 3 hours to restore using SQL Server
native restore. Does this seem long to anyone who has experience with
databses of this size? I know each insatalltion is different so things
like this can vary.

The hardware specs don't seem to matter much because I've restored the
database on hardware with different specs but the restore times are
consistent. The database is a publisher in a trasnactional replciation
topology and I don't know if that matters or not.

the hardware is our environment for SQL is generally the same dual 2/8
Ghz with 4 to 8 gb or RAM. We do use SATA drives which I understand
are slower drives but I'm not the sys admin guru.

any insught is appreciated.