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Copying data from ReadyNAS104 to Seagate Innov8
Hi there,
I am using RN104 with the latest OS. Have close to 7TB of data, which I am planning to back-up to Seagate Innov8(USB3.1 Gen 2) hard drive. Is there any way to connect the Seagate to ...
rajamani_v wrote:
I tried that as well, but the problem is Innov8 cannot get enough power from the ReadyNAS. Hence, it is not recognised in ReadyNAS.
You basically have two options.
One is to find a charger that can act as a power injector (passing through your data connection to the NAS).
The other is to connect the disk to a PC, and to the backup over the network.
The second option is probably easiest.
Hi Marc,
Thanks for your response.
I tried that as well, but the problem is Innov8 cannot get enough power from the ReadyNAS. Hence, it is not recognised in ReadyNAS.
Regards
Raja
rajamani_v wrote:
I tried that as well, but the problem is Innov8 cannot get enough power from the ReadyNAS. Hence, it is not recognised in ReadyNAS.
You basically have two options.
One is to find a charger that can act as a power injector (passing through your data connection to the NAS).
The other is to connect the disk to a PC, and to the backup over the network.
The second option is probably easiest.
Unfortunately, I have to go with the second option only. Not sure how many hours/days it's gonna take to back up that amount of data :-(
rajamani_v wrote:
Unfortunately, I have to go with the second option only. Not sure how many hours/days it's gonna take to back up that amount of data :-(
You can do incremental backups after the first one - using the file modification date and size as the triggers to update old files. FreeFileSync is one utility you could look into there.
It's hard to predict the speed - lots of small files will take longer than one larger file for example. And the Innov8 is an SMR disk - one of the weaknesses inherent to SMR is it's sustained write performance. But if you are using a wired gigabit connection to the PC, you'll get the same speed over the network that you'd get connecting it directly to the NAS. It's probably best to back up one share at a time, rather than trying to do everything in one backup run.
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