NoTalent
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- Jun 24, 2013
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I am in the process of upgrading my NAS.
I currently have 6 1TB drives in a zfs1? config. Compression is lzjb:
I have been told how this is set up is wrong, and that is why I want to start over. I am buying some 4TB drives and will have them in a cyberjock approved configuration.
The issue is copying all my data
I don't have the option (due to budget) to get a whole new computer to put the NAS in, so I need to backup the data from my NAS first, install my new disks, then copy the data from the backup drive to the new Volume.
I might be doing this all wrong so if you know of a better way please help.
Issue:
The issue I'm running into is I'm trying to copy my directory "Public Data" It shows up as having 56.5GB of data.
When I try to copy this over to my backup hard drive, or a internal 4TB drive on my main computer, it shows this:
I'm not sure why it shows such a large amount of data--has anyone else seen something like this?
I currently have 6 1TB drives in a zfs1? config. Compression is lzjb:
I have been told how this is set up is wrong, and that is why I want to start over. I am buying some 4TB drives and will have them in a cyberjock approved configuration.
The issue is copying all my data
I don't have the option (due to budget) to get a whole new computer to put the NAS in, so I need to backup the data from my NAS first, install my new disks, then copy the data from the backup drive to the new Volume.
I might be doing this all wrong so if you know of a better way please help.
Issue:
The issue I'm running into is I'm trying to copy my directory "Public Data" It shows up as having 56.5GB of data.
When I try to copy this over to my backup hard drive, or a internal 4TB drive on my main computer, it shows this:
I'm not sure why it shows such a large amount of data--has anyone else seen something like this?