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D_Ace's avatar
D_Ace
Aspirant
Nov 20, 2021

Connect 2 ReadyNAS 104 via USB for data transfer

Wondering if it is possible to connect 2 seperate ReadyNAS 104 units via USB to enable quicker transfers between the 2 units. Right now, over SMB network (windows), transfer speeds are ~20-30MB/s but I'm transfering terabytes of data...need a quicker way.

Any ideas?

Thanks for any suggestions...

Dave

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  • StephenB's avatar
    StephenB
    Guru - Experienced User

    D_Ace wrote:

    Wondering if it is possible to connect 2 seperate ReadyNAS 104 units via USB to enable quicker transfers between the 2 units.


    No.

     


    D_Ace wrote:

    Right now, over SMB network (windows), transfer speeds are ~20-30MB/s but I'm transfering terabytes of data...need a quicker way.

    Any ideas?


    Are you using a ReadyNAS backup job?  That won't tie up a PC, and usually is faster than copying from a PC.

     

    The RN104s are slow, though they can reach ~70 MB/s for large file transfers.

    • D_Ace's avatar
      D_Ace
      Aspirant

      Thanks  Stephen,

      Didn't know about the backup Job option...thanks for that.

      Figured that Windows being the middle man would slow things down.

      I'm halfway through copy so will wait the extra day... :oP

      Appreciate the feedback.

      • StephenB's avatar
        StephenB
        Guru - Experienced User

        D_Ace wrote:

        Didn't know about the backup Job option...thanks for that.

         


        There are a couple of different protocols you can use (including SMB).  Rsync is slower for full backups, but generally fastest for increment.  So if this is something you want to run periodically, you could switch to rsync after the initial copy.  You can also set up a schedule.

         

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