Hello,

 

Total n00b here. But when moving files on the same disk what should be the expected speed? For the record, Im talking about a sata platter drive. No parity active on a ZFS formated drive/share.

 

It should only change the location in the files table not physically move it? I.e. it should be instant? Im seeing 40MB read/writes.

 

Im using the internal file explorer in unraid 7 beta. Moving from /mnt/disk1/folder1/* > /mnt/disk1/folder2/*

DFM does a copy, then remove, even for disk to disk moves, you can use other tools.

In cli for example? mv /mnt/disk1/folder1 /mny/disk/folder2

Edited September 30, 20241 yr by lowfi

That should work, you can also use Midnight Commander, mc on the CLI.

alright ill give it a try. "DFM does a copy, then remove" is this a safety precaution i assume?

It's just the way it works, it was an option from the author.

Using mc it is not really faster. Weird. Although it is a slightly older drive i was hoping/suspecting this should go way faster.

 

this is using the "renmove" command inside mc.

Is the disk formatted zfs?

Yes it is. But no parity.

Edited September 30, 20241 yr by lowfi

1 hour ago, lowfi said:

Yes it is. But no parity.

 

Looks like you're copying. On ZFS you might be dealing with multiple datasets, not directories. Check mv from the CLI. If that isn't instant, then your source/dest aren't the same volume.

Edited September 30, 20241 yr by Espressomatic

Shares are create as datasets with zfs, moving from one dataset to another requires a full copy.