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104 backup individual folders from external USB drive?
Hey, i recently purchased a readyNAS 104 without drives. i've put two old 500GB drives in it in a RAID 1 for now, until i can afford bigger drives. i've got 1TB external hard drive which is about 80...
The 104 is not limited by software, but it has a really weak CPU. Mine peaks at around 100MBytes/s via SMB in read, and around 50Mbytes/s in write no matter the protocol, I don't have numbers for USB direct copy but should be around that too. You might be able to speed up the write speed by plugging an UPS and disabling some security protocols designed to protect you data in case of a power failure.
50Mbytes/s is the most you can get from USB2 drives anyway (max USB2 speed is 480mbits/s, makes 60Mbytes/s and there is always some loss between real and theorical speeds), and most USB3 drives won't go any higher because they tend to use cheap 5400RPM 2.5 inches drives on "mobile" models.
You can copy through a PC using network (gigabit connection recommended). You should be able to copy through GUI using the "browse" function and right clicking copy then paste (I think it will be slower than PC though). Another option is to enable SSH and directly copy from linux command line if you know what you are doing.
Backup utility doesn't seem to let you select the path for USB...
50Mbytes/s is the most you can get from USB2 drives anyway (max USB2 speed is 480mbits/s, makes 60Mbytes/s and there is always some loss between real and theorical speeds), and most USB3 drives won't go any higher because they tend to use cheap 5400RPM 2.5 inches drives on "mobile" models.
You can copy through a PC using network (gigabit connection recommended). You should be able to copy through GUI using the "browse" function and right clicking copy then paste (I think it will be slower than PC though). Another option is to enable SSH and directly copy from linux command line if you know what you are doing.
Backup utility doesn't seem to let you select the path for USB...
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