How to migrate folder from external to internal hd

[KingRichard1st]

Hi All,

I have a 160GB folder on an external NTFS HD. I'd like to move this onto my FreeNAS HD as other wise it will take 6/7 hours over the network using a CIFS share.
I'm a GUI user but I'm not afraid to use the terminal screen under instruction, (as I don't understand it well).
Can you advise? :(

 

[gpsguy]

You could trying importing the volume - Storage → Volumes →Import Volume via the webGUI, given that you already have 4 drives in your N40L, it'll probably be easier to do it using your CIFS share.

As shipped, the N40L only supports AHCI on the 4 removable drive slots. If you want to use either the CD-Rom or eSATA connection, they run in IDE mode. There are a couple of hacked BIOS' on the 'net (non-HP) that allow AHCI on these two ports.

 

[TheSmoker]

Its NTFS.

 

[cyberjock]

WHy would it take 6-7 hours? Seriously.. even at 10MB/sec, 160GB is 4 hours. And I'd say 10MB/sec is an extremely low speed for USB...

 

[KingRichard1st]

Hi All,

I don't know why it takes so long. If I connect to the NAS from my Mac and copy over the LAN (from my Mac to FreeNAS) it takes a looooonnnnng time. I think I have a bottleneck as part of the network is using the mains lines (I have converters).

I know how to import the external drive so FreeNAS can see and access it. I don't know what command line to use to copy the folder from the external HD to the internal. I think it's something like:

cp /external-drive/folder-name /internal-drive/folder-name

I just don't wanter to try that i.e.. I don't want to mess things up!

 

[ser_rhaegar]

Why not just run the copy using CIFS over night if speed is an issue?

 

[cyberjock]

Why not just run the copy using CIFS over night if speed is an issue?

Exactly! That's a super easy solution and very reasonable!

 

[panz]

May I suggest Syncback free?

It's ultra-reliable, does a great job over CIFS and double-checks Source-Destination (with an hashing algorithm) to be sure that files are copied correctly

http://www.2brightsparks.com/download-syncbackfree.html

 

[david kennedy]

rsync will do something similar as well. It also is restart-able in case it is interrupted.

map a drive or connect via nfs or whatever then just rsync from source to dest.