October 2, 200619 yr OK <puts on Noob hat> 1) What is the best way to transfer files to the new UnRAID server? I didn't actually see this documented anywhere and was almost too afraid to ask! Currently I'm just finding the 'disk1', 'disk2' folders under the MSHome directory in Windows Explorer and using copy & paste to move them across. Is there a better way? 2) Is parity data written "on the fly" when I'm transferring stuff across to the server, or do I have to do a background parity check as listed in the browser console window? Again I didn't really see this documented anywhere. 3) What is 'rsync'? I see it listed on the documentation pages as an external package, but doesn't really explain what it does. I know the link contains a brief description of what it is if you follow it, but doesn't really explain why using it would be an advantage in an UnRAID system....this one's just for my own curiousity! Thanks for your time & patience!!
October 2, 200619 yr 1) When I am only pushing ~10-30 GB of data I will just do exactly what you are doing. (copy/paste from XP to unRAID) I remember people were discussing way back when that if you used command prompt to copy that it is faster... I have not used this and don't recall how much faster it was. There is also the option of starting the server with no parity... then you can write quickly to the array (I do this when I first started pushing data over or if I am going to xfer 100GB) After you do this, you HAVE to do a parity check 2) Yes, parity is written on the fly. That is why when you copy with will see the parity drive LEDs light up. If you always keep your parity drive active, then you won't have to do a parity check. (although, Tom advises to check parity at least once a month.. I often do it at least once a week)
October 2, 200619 yr 3) rsync is a unix/linux/solaris/etc utility that let's you copy files from a source to a destination - but does it in such a way as only the differences between files is copied. Great for backup because you can tell rsync to copy an entire directory tree to another system, but instead of copying all the files, it only copies what changed. There is a Windows version of rsync available. Maybe someone on the boards here with knowledge of rsync can write up a tutorial - I just don't have time to do it now...
October 3, 200619 yr Author Well, rsync DOES sound pretty cool! Does the Linux version support transfers ONLY to/from Linux machines? Would the standard Linux version allow you to transfer files from, say, a Windows machine to UnRAID?
October 3, 200619 yr Look at the link mentioned in previous post. It's a wikipedia article on the subject which includes links to windows versions of rsync.
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