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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 ...
Glad to hear your feedback and that it helped. Yes, the first approach you tried will move your files as follows USB->Readynas->Ethernet->PC->Ethernet->Readynas->RAID so it's very slow. The slowest part of the link is most likely the USB->Readynas. Even with USB3 (of course both the cable and the external drive must be USB3 capable) it seems that others have reported that the Readynas Ultra CPU (atom) is too underpowered to really benefit from the additional bandwidth for USB3 vs USB2.
I haven't actually tried this myself but if you are curious it is possible to connect a PC directly to the Readynas via ethernet without requiring a switch in between (http://sphardy.com/web/readynas/how-to- ... r-readynas). USB->PC->Ethernet->Readynas->RAID is likely even faster (since it frees the Readynas from the work of transferring data via USB).
I haven't actually tried this myself but if you are curious it is possible to connect a PC directly to the Readynas via ethernet without requiring a switch in between (http://sphardy.com/web/readynas/how-to- ... r-readynas). USB->PC->Ethernet->Readynas->RAID is likely even faster (since it frees the Readynas from the work of transferring data via USB).
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