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mmmmd
Nov 26, 2019Follower
Organizing 60,000 folders
Hi all, We have a ReadyNAS 516 that we use as a file server. We have a share that over the last few years has grown to 60,000. This has made accessing the share a lot slower. Almost all the fo...
StephenB
Dec 01, 2019Guru - Experienced User
You could potentially use a linux shell script or a windows powershell script. But you'd need to test it carefully and verify the results, so it might not save much time.
If you have enough disk space on the NAS, I suggest copying everything as-is to a new share (using a NAS backup job). Then if you make mistake, you'll still have everything preserved. Alternatively, copy everything to a USB disk.
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