Dear FreeNASers,
I have a server (Dell T20/E3-1225v3/12GB ECC RAM/3*4TB HDDs+1*1TB), with several CIFS shares.
As I only use laptops, that is why I connect to FreeNAS 9.3 stable through Wifi. This creates an issue with the current way I transfer files from different CIFS under the same volume.
What I did?
I backed up the entire hard drive of a failing laptop to a CIFS share of a user on my FreeNAS server.
What I would like to do:
Now I would like to organise these files, for example take all the movies and tv shows and move them to a CIFS share "media". However when I do a copy-paste or a cut-paste under Windows File Explorer, what actually happens is that the files are router through the Wifi of the laptop to the server again.
This makes the process very slow, as even with the 5GHz Wifi, when I look at the Wifi usage I see 8MB/s upload and 8MB/s download being used on the laptop every time I try to move something to a different share (under the same volume and vdev).
As these CIFS are all on the same server, under the same vdev and volume, would it be possible to just transfer them as it happens when I move files under the same CIFS? That way I would be limited by the HDD's and the SATA port speeds and not the network speed of the device that I am using to move the files.
I have read some older topics on this issue, however they were too old to post into that is why I've created a new one.
Many thanks in advising me on how to proceed.
I have a server (Dell T20/E3-1225v3/12GB ECC RAM/3*4TB HDDs+1*1TB), with several CIFS shares.
As I only use laptops, that is why I connect to FreeNAS 9.3 stable through Wifi. This creates an issue with the current way I transfer files from different CIFS under the same volume.
What I did?
I backed up the entire hard drive of a failing laptop to a CIFS share of a user on my FreeNAS server.
What I would like to do:
Now I would like to organise these files, for example take all the movies and tv shows and move them to a CIFS share "media". However when I do a copy-paste or a cut-paste under Windows File Explorer, what actually happens is that the files are router through the Wifi of the laptop to the server again.
This makes the process very slow, as even with the 5GHz Wifi, when I look at the Wifi usage I see 8MB/s upload and 8MB/s download being used on the laptop every time I try to move something to a different share (under the same volume and vdev).
As these CIFS are all on the same server, under the same vdev and volume, would it be possible to just transfer them as it happens when I move files under the same CIFS? That way I would be limited by the HDD's and the SATA port speeds and not the network speed of the device that I am using to move the files.
I have read some older topics on this issue, however they were too old to post into that is why I've created a new one.
Many thanks in advising me on how to proceed.