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Faster restore option: USB 2.0 or Gigabit E?
Hi,
I have a regular NV, and was running a single 2TB HDD. That drive took a crap, and I need to restore with a brand new drive. I have about 700GB of FLAC files, and a couple of shares of odds and ends.
I need to restore via an external USB, via drag and drop (I suppose).
If I'm going to drag and drop, will it be faster to do this via USB, or via all devices connected via their 1000Mbs Ethernet ports? My switch is 10/100/1000 too. Any benefit to doing it one way vs. the other? I do have my back up in a USB 3.0 dock I could connect to a desktop and drag the files over Ethernet to the NV.
I have a regular NV, and was running a single 2TB HDD. That drive took a crap, and I need to restore with a brand new drive. I have about 700GB of FLAC files, and a couple of shares of odds and ends.
I need to restore via an external USB, via drag and drop (I suppose).
If I'm going to drag and drop, will it be faster to do this via USB, or via all devices connected via their 1000Mbs Ethernet ports? My switch is 10/100/1000 too. Any benefit to doing it one way vs. the other? I do have my back up in a USB 3.0 dock I could connect to a desktop and drag the files over Ethernet to the NV.
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