Migrating files to unRAID maintaining all attributes

[thany]

So I'm now about to migrate my eldery NAS, to unRAID. The NAS in question happens to be a Synology box, and I can mount it over NFS no problem.

 

What I'm still looking for, is a way to migrate the files over, and make it go server-to-server directly, so without a client in between managing everything. This way files don't have to be pulled over the network twice (server->client->server vs server->server).

 

I'm also looking to maintain all attributes - creation dates, modification dates, and file flags like "readonly" and such. I don't need to keep permissions (iow, the copy process doesn't need to attempt to do anything about permissions).

 

I guess I could do this from either end. I just don't know how. My thoughts:

 

* Go into the Synology GUI and just copy. I haven't checked yet if this keeps dates & attributes. Actions like these keep going when closing the GUI, so that's a plus.

* Go into the unRAID GUI and use some kind of plugin to copy. It would have to continue copying when I close the GUI.

* Go into the unRAID terminal and use some kind of command. It would have to continue copying when I close the terminal, but I don't think a linux terminal works that way.

 

Are there any other options? Or what you recommend?

[JorgeB]

I would suggest mounting the Synology share over SMB or NFS with the UD plugin then use rsync.

[thany]

Okay thanks. Two questions though:

 

1. Will rsync continue doing its thing when I close the terminal? I don't want to have a client powered on just to maintain a connection to a terminal.

2. Can you point me to an example command? I remember rsync command can be verbose and hard to grasp (for me at least).

[JorgeB]

1 hour ago, thany said:

1. Will rsync continue doing its thing when I close the terminal? I don't want to have a client powered on just to maintain a connection to a terminal.

It will if you use the physical console, not SSH, you'd need screen or similar.

 

1 hour ago, thany said:

2. Can you point me to an example command? I remember rsync command can be verbose and hard to grasp (for me at least).

rsync -avX /path/to/source/ /path/to/dest/

 

[Kilrah]

If you prefer it graphical there are multiple options, from midnight commander in unraid terminal (also need screen or such to keep it up) to krusader or freefilesync Docker containers.

[thany]

Thanks, I'll give them a go.