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Fastest way to transfer files from external HDD to NAS?
Hey everyone, first post here and I've got a question. I'm sure there's a simple answer, but I'm new to the concept of network-attached storage. Here's the situation/question: I have an external ...
Just to say a quick thank you for that,
I had an external disk attached to Ultra 2 through USB, and was managing the copy by navigating (using PC) to the readynas and doing copy / paste from usb_hdd_1 to media share. This was painfully slow, and connecting a usb3 external disk to the 'so called' usb3 port on the front of the ultra 2 made no difference.
However, following your advice and doing a 'pc-less' transfer via the backup routine took 1/4 of the time compared to the method above. I guess starting the copy/paste from the pc somehow involves the machine in the read/write process? - anyway thanks your suggestion really helped.
I would be interested in the performance gain of using gigabit ethernet over and above this method, as I am just lacking a gigabit switch to achieve this.
Brilliant - ta
I had an external disk attached to Ultra 2 through USB, and was managing the copy by navigating (using PC) to the readynas and doing copy / paste from usb_hdd_1 to media share. This was painfully slow, and connecting a usb3 external disk to the 'so called' usb3 port on the front of the ultra 2 made no difference.
However, following your advice and doing a 'pc-less' transfer via the backup routine took 1/4 of the time compared to the method above. I guess starting the copy/paste from the pc somehow involves the machine in the read/write process? - anyway thanks your suggestion really helped.
I would be interested in the performance gain of using gigabit ethernet over and above this method, as I am just lacking a gigabit switch to achieve this.
Brilliant - ta
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