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b1jzcbx
Apr 06, 2022Tutor
ssh and scp certs
Hey folks, I'm trying to migrate all my data from my old qnap to my readynas. I have a ton of very important folders with movies and also personal data (about 4TB worth of stuff), and considerin...
Sandshark
Apr 06, 2022Sensei
Sounds like you need to create and copy an SSH key. See https://www.techrepublic.com/article/how-to-use-secure-copy-with-ssh-key-authentication/ .
When copying to the ReadyNAS, be aware that shares are BTRFS subvolumes, not simple directories.
You didn't ask, but you can accomplish the same thing via rsync.
b1jzcbx
Apr 07, 2022Tutor
is there another way of copying? without having to use certs, scp or rsync? ftp is out because it won't copy folder contents..
i'm just copying my movies and old backups from one nas to the other.. they're sitting next to one another. i could do it via my workstation, but then it's an intermediary and with all the overhead, it's only able to copy at about 60MB/s, and would take 9-10hours.
the two nas's are LAG'd to the switch and going from one directly to the other would probably only take an hour tops.
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