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evoblade
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Mar 03, 2016
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ReadyNAS NV+ performance and file permission issues.

I have a NV+ with 4x1TB HDD. Lately its performance is pretty slow. Initially I attributed this to marginal WIFI connection to my router (the NV+ is hardwired), but the other night I connected my lap...
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    StephenB
    Mar 10, 2016

    The fastest method over wired ethernet,using NFS, followed by Windows (CIFS).  Rsync is robust, but not as fast as the other two for full restores.

     

    One popular method is to configure the backup as incremental NFS, then edit the job after it completes to use rsync.  Then rerun it.  Running it again should be incremental (and very fast), and it can clean up any mismatches in owner/group/permissions/timestamps.

     

    If you are connecting the USB drive directly to the NAS, then local->local is the fastest option.  But that is slower than wired ethernet on the NV+ v1.

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