Greetings,I'm a complete beginner to the NAS world and I hope to get some help on my issue.I currently have two 1.5TB external USB harddrives from which I'd like to transfer the data to my Readynas NV+. I've successfully transferred data from a USB flashdrive using the automatic function in RAIDar via. the USB port on the front, but I can't figure how to do it from my harddrives. Is there a simple way to copy data from my external drives to my NAS without connecting the external drive to my PC and transfer via. LAN?

What filesystem (e.g. EXT3/NTFS/FAT32) is on the USB disks?Is this a NV+ (v1) or a v2?

With a ReadyNAS NV+ you should be able to attach it to the USB port on the NAS. When you plug in the USB drive, you should have a share that represents all of the data on that drive. These particulars can also be altered via Volume > USB options Is this drive bus powered or externally powered (e.g. power cord for the USB drive)?

@mdgm - it's NTFS on a NV+ v1.@readysecure1985 - It's externally powered. I see the files fine via. the NAS on my computer however I never found a function to copy via. the USB port integrated within the system from the USB HDD to the NAS HDD. I found a workaround though. I installed SSH, APT and installed MC and screen on the NAS. Then I accessed the NAS via. SSH, opened screen and MC and started copying files via. MC and then I could turn off my computer while the external copy data to the NAS. Speed is not good (4,43mb/s), but it's reliable to me.

I am glad you found an alternative solution. Were you not able to find the options to run a backup from the external to the NAS, or was that not a preferred way to perform this operation?

I'm sorry to say that I still haven't found the option to run a backup from external to the NAS "the correct way". I was kind of worried regarding the transfer speed so after my first backup I formatted to EXT3 and tested a few files. I was able to reach steady 5.50mb/s. Is this normal speed of the NV+ v1?

Transfer from USB HDD to Readynas NV+.

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mdgm-ntgr
NETGEAR Employee Retired
Mar 07, 2012
What filesystem (e.g. EXT3/NTFS/FAT32) is on the USB disks?

Is this a NV+ (v1) or a v2?
ReadySECURE
Apprentice
Mar 07, 2012
With a ReadyNAS NV+ you should be able to attach it to the USB port on the NAS. When you plug in the USB drive, you should have a share that represents all of the data on that drive. These particulars can also be altered via Volume > USB options Is this drive bus powered or externally powered (e.g. power cord for the USB drive)?
Libitína
Aspirant
Mar 08, 2012
@mdgm - it's NTFS on a NV+ v1.

@readysecure1985 - It's externally powered. I see the files fine via. the NAS on my computer however I never found a function to copy via. the USB port integrated within the system from the USB HDD to the NAS HDD.

I found a workaround though. I installed SSH, APT and installed MC and screen on the NAS. Then I accessed the NAS via. SSH, opened screen and MC and started copying files via. MC and then I could turn off my computer while the external copy data to the NAS. Speed is not good (4,43mb/s), but it's reliable to me.
ReadySECURE
Apprentice
Mar 08, 2012
I am glad you found an alternative solution. Were you not able to find the options to run a backup from the external to the NAS, or was that not a preferred way to perform this operation?
Libitína
Aspirant
Mar 09, 2012
I'm sorry to say that I still haven't found the option to run a backup from external to the NAS "the correct way". I was kind of worried regarding the transfer speed so after my first backup I formatted to EXT3 and tested a few files. I was able to reach steady 5.50mb/s. Is this normal speed of the NV+ v1?
mdgm-ntgr
NETGEAR Employee Retired
Mar 09, 2012
Have you tried Frontview backup? You can create a backup job via Backup > Add a New Backup Job in Frontview
Libitína
Aspirant
Mar 09, 2012
@mgdm - Last time I accessed "Add a New Backup Job" I didn't see this feature, however I might have misread so I'll give it a go as soon as I get home again in 9 hours. Thank you for helping me :)

Btw. is it normal copy speed 4,43mb/s on NTFS and 5,50mb/s on EXT3?
mdgm-ntgr
NETGEAR Employee Retired
Mar 09, 2012
Normal for NTFS to be very slow. EXT3 should be quicker particularly if fast USB writes is enabled under System > Performance in Frontview.
Libitína
Aspirant
Mar 09, 2012
I've enabled fast USB write and I'm receiving this result, so I'm kinda puzzled why the speed is that slow.
mdgm-ntgr
NETGEAR Employee Retired
Mar 09, 2012
Well it does depend on other factors too. What size files are you transferring? What version of RAIDiator is on the NAS?