Zaaphod
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I'm very new to FreeNAS and the ZFS file system. I am wondering what the best way to copy and sync large amounts of data with a FreeNAS share?
I have FreeNAS set up and running, and I have a small test hard drive running on it. after I understand it better I will put my real hard drives on it and start moving my data to it, and I'm wondering the best way to to the actual transfer.
There are two types of transfers I am interested in, One is the initial transfer of all the contents of all the current storage devices that are located on local computers (this is my first NAS), and also this same process in reverse.. from the NAS to a local device such as a laptop for off-site and off-line access.. so this question is bulk transfer to and from local computers.
I've been using windows robocopy to backup onto external hard drive, I'm wondering if that is the best option for copying to and from the NAS from local computers, or is there a better way. I turn on logging with robocopy, and use it for bulk backup copies as well as syncing with devices such as laptops
The second is how to bulk transfer folders to either external USB drives (plugged into the NAS motherboard) for off-site backup, or to something like or other internal NAS drives within the same box, or even internal drives in an SATA Dock. So these deal with transfers to other drives physically connected to the NAS system.
It seems silly to me to run something like robocopy on a local computer to copy from one network resource to another network recourse on the same NAS system, why send all my data through the network to the local computer and then send it all the way back to the NAS, it seems it would be better to just go from one location to the other on the NAS system directly, and so I'm asking, what is the best way to achieve this?
Thank you in advance for any advice anyone has to offer on this subject
I have FreeNAS set up and running, and I have a small test hard drive running on it. after I understand it better I will put my real hard drives on it and start moving my data to it, and I'm wondering the best way to to the actual transfer.
There are two types of transfers I am interested in, One is the initial transfer of all the contents of all the current storage devices that are located on local computers (this is my first NAS), and also this same process in reverse.. from the NAS to a local device such as a laptop for off-site and off-line access.. so this question is bulk transfer to and from local computers.
I've been using windows robocopy to backup onto external hard drive, I'm wondering if that is the best option for copying to and from the NAS from local computers, or is there a better way. I turn on logging with robocopy, and use it for bulk backup copies as well as syncing with devices such as laptops
The second is how to bulk transfer folders to either external USB drives (plugged into the NAS motherboard) for off-site backup, or to something like or other internal NAS drives within the same box, or even internal drives in an SATA Dock. So these deal with transfers to other drives physically connected to the NAS system.
It seems silly to me to run something like robocopy on a local computer to copy from one network resource to another network recourse on the same NAS system, why send all my data through the network to the local computer and then send it all the way back to the NAS, it seems it would be better to just go from one location to the other on the NAS system directly, and so I'm asking, what is the best way to achieve this?
Thank you in advance for any advice anyone has to offer on this subject