Kauemacedo

Thanks for the recommendation of the plugin, I will take a look into it. Is there any other way of configuring Unraid with my setup (I really wanted to use this OS)? If USB is a bad idea, would it be better to just use Linux (like Ubuntu) instead, considering my mini-pc + das configuration?

Hi all, I am very new to Unraid. I have watched a few videos and have read most of the documentation, however I could not find information on the best practices of transferring files from somewhere to the array. My setup: Unraid OS on a Beelink S12 pro with DAS (Orico 4-bay) connected through USB 3.0 with 2 exo16 16TB hdd in it. (1 will be parity, the other 1 array) My files are in another 4TB external hdd enclosure, also USB 3.0. I have tried transferring over the network (windows pc with files on WIFI) using a share created for my files just to test it out. Transferring speed of 1 file is around 5MB/s. Then I came here to search for help, also google, but could not find any definitive solution and finally decided to ask my own question. What would be the fastest way of doing this? Can I mount this 4tb external hdd into my Orico bay and use it temporarily to transfer the files to my array? If I connect my windows pc by ethernet, would the speed improve? Can I connect my 4tb external hdd to my beelink and use its windows OS to transfer the files to the unraid folders? Edit with solution: unassigned devices solved my issue with speed by mounting it and transferring while connected to my mini-pc on another USB port.