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Most efficient way to move files between shares
I have a large quantity of media on my ReadyNAS NV+ which I want to move from share A to share B. Using my PC to do this is very tedious (it's estimating nearly 20hrs to move about 200gb) - am I ri...
I thought I would append this. It appears the cpio executable on the ReadyNAS is 32 bit (I haven't actually checked and my NAS is at my friends ATM) and unable to copy large (>2GB) files. I got a message saying the file size changed while cpio was writing it, and only a small portion of the file was copied.
So I reverted to the tar trick and it is copying fine.
tar cf - * | ( cd /media; tar xvf -)
When I left it was writing ~2.5 GB per minute over NFS from his much larger server.
So I reverted to the tar trick and it is copying fine.
tar cf - * | ( cd /media; tar xvf -)
When I left it was writing ~2.5 GB per minute over NFS from his much larger server.
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