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File copy from RN528 to RN424 - which method is fastest?
Loaded RN424 with new drives, everything is resynced and ready to be loaded up. Need to copy 10TB from RN528 to RN424. Limited by RN424 1GbE link. Observing an max of about 100MB/s over Windows 11 us...
jimk1963 wrote:
Also wondering whether running ReadyNAS backup on the target NAS using RSYNC would be faster.
An rsync backup job could be faster, since it isn't piping all the data from RN528->PC, and then PC->RN524. More importantly, it would be more robust (less likely to miss something).
FWIW, I always use rsync for large NAS->NAS transfers. I set up rsync backup jobs for each share. I start with the smallest share (just to confirm that I didn't accidentally make a mistake in the settings).
Thanks StephenB .
So the Rsync setup - struggling... again:
- Main NAS is 192.168.1.80, Backup NAS is 192.168.1.82
- Creating a new backup job from the Backup NAS GUI per our earlier chats
- First (left-hand side), choose "Remote" (correct?)... otherwise, when I choose "Local", I only see the Backup NAS folders
- Choose "remote: Rsync Server"
- Host: type in the Main NAS IP (xxx.xxx.x.80) per our earlier chat (instead of the NAS name) - is this correct? i.e., the Main NAS is the host?
- Port 873 is auto-populated
- Share: When I click "Browse" I can only see the Main NAS "Pictures" share - why? Cannot see "Documents" or other shares on the Main NAS. The "Pictures" share is mapped in Windows (X:), so do I have to map every share to a drive letter for it to be visible in this backup tool? Doesn't sound right. When I manually type in "Documents", the "Test Connection" returns an error. When I manually type in "Pictures", the "Test Connection" works. So I'm stuck. I don't know how to convince this archaic tool to add the share I want to backup.
This is what I meant earlier about not liking this tool. It's not intuitive at all. Previously, the only way I could get backups to work at all was by programming them from the Main NAS, where I could see the shares I wanted to backup.
SMB3 is enabled on both NAS units as shown below ("Configure per share"). Not sure if this is relevant.
Found at least one problem - even though Rsync is enabled on the Main NAS under System/Settings, Rsync is not enabled on a per-share basis. Looking at each share's settings individually, only Pictures has Rsync enabled under Network Settings. So that's why I'm only seeing the Pictures folder.
So what then is the purpose of the System/Settings/Rsync enable???? I thought that turning it on here would enable Rsync across the NAS but no.
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