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Thank you for your replies. I don't know enough about docker containers - so, I will try that later. Meanwhile, I mounted the external USB drive using UD plugin and used the following command to start copying the files: cp -av /mnt/disks/myExternalDisk /mnt/user/myNewShare The copy process has been running for a few hours but I noticed something that seems odd to me. As I mentioned in my original post, my array is a 2x2TB + 2TB parity. It looks like the files are getting copied to only one of the two drives and the second drive is idle. This is based on what I'm seeing in the GUI where the number of Writes operations and the amount of disk space is changing for the first drive only. (and also changing for the parity drive but that's expected). My share is configured to use all disks. Is this how the array works? Does it write to one drive until full, then moves to the next? Thanks.

Hi, all. I set up Unraid trial just a few days ago and I must say, I'm thoroughly impressed with the product. There is one thing I can't figure out how to do. I have created a 4TB array with 2x2TB + 2TB parity. I have an external USB drive that is 4TB. I would like to copy the files from this drive to the 4TB array. I can do so by connecting the USB drive to my laptop, mapping to a share on the array and running a copy comand. The issue is that I'm running only 100Mb ethernet and as such, the copy process will take forever and I can't leave my laptop plugged in for that long. Is there another way to copy the files from an external drive "directly"? By directly, I mean, using the Unraid server somehow so that the copy process doesn't have to go over my home network and I can copy at USB 3 speed. I've installed the Unassigned Devices plugin and can mount the external drive but after that, I don't know what to do. If I share out the external drive, then I'm back to copying over the network using my laptop. Any other options? Thanks in advance for your help.