ok i have started migrating, im aware of the bottleneck with teracopying, i dont have a parity drive setup yet so that should speed things up.. i am copying all the folders from a share on my old QNAP to the new share on the UNraid server, on small picture files im getting about 10-12mbs on large files it seems to be peaking at around 40mbs..is this acceptable, everything is on GB equipment on CAT6 cable, i have added a diagram of my network. at 40mbs its stating about 50mins for 151GB to be copied over

 

i would expect that since you are not copying directly from the QNAP, but using the PC as a "data hop" if you will.

 

 

first it copies the file from the QNAP to your PC, then copies it from your PC to unRAID. the part on your PC is likely in ram, not on the physical disk, but you are doing I/O operations simultaneously in this case.

 

you would be better off mounting the QNAP share in unRAID (not sure how, but i'm sure its possible), and then copy things over using Midnight Commander (aka MC).

 

OR

 

have your QNAP backup the data to the unRAID, then organize afterwards using MC.

 

if you just teracopy the data from your QNAP to your PC what speeds do you get?

i would expect that since you are not copying directly from the QNAP, but using the PC as a "data hop" if you will.

 

 

first it copies the file from the QNAP to your PC, then copies it from your PC to unRAID. the part on your PC is likely in ram, not on the physical disk, but you are doing I/O operations simultaneously in this case.

 

you would be better off mounting the QNAP share in unRAID (not sure how, but i'm sure its possible), and then copy things over using Midnight Commander (aka MC).

 

OR

 

have your QNAP backup the data to the unRAID, then organize afterwards using MC.

 

if you just teracopy the data from your QNAP to your PC what speeds do you get?

 

from QNAP to pc, slightly better speeds, not a marked improvement but then i do not know what to expect..... with regard to the 'data hop as it were' ...exactly what i was thinking but then thats a caveat of teracopy surely ?, better to run it in house on one of the servers if possible ?, you have to run it on a pc...this pc i am using which is attached to the network has only 2GB of ram in it (currently) as its just a drone, i done it from that pc because it is physically closer to the QNAP and UNraid, not that that would make any difference ? another pc on the same network has 6GB..would that serve better or make no difference ?...so far i have gotten over my most important data and verified it..i would like a quicker option to get the replaceable data over..im pretty sure i should be getting faster speeds than 40mbs over a CAT6 GB enabled network