[SOLVED] Copying data directly from old NAS to N4F box

[Desertsweeper]

I have my shiny new HP MicroServer box with a nice big RAID5 array. Its fantastically fast - writes big files at arround 85 MB/s and reads them over 100 MB/s. I want to move the 4TB or so of data from my old Buffalo NAS to my new box. The Terastation reads are painfully slow by comparison. To try and make things fast i am wondering if there is a way to slurp the data directly from the Buffalo to the N4F box. My thinking is that using a PC to do it involves pulling the data down the wire from the old unit and then sending it down the same wire to the new. Is there any way to pull the data directly? The Buffalo supports CIFS, NFS and FTP but provides nothing fancy. It does have a "backup" feature but that only works with another Buffalo NAS solution. Any ideas?

[al562]

Hi Desertsweeper,

Use SSH or shell/CLI to try mounting the shares from the Buffalo NAS on your NAS4Free server. Try mount_smbfs or mount_nfs as desired. Once mounted use cp or rsync to copy the data over.

CIFS/SMB example:

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nas4free:/# mkdir /mnt/mytemp
nas4free:/#
nas4free:/# mount_smbfs -I 192.168.0.2 //YourUserName@YourNetbiosName/YourShareName /mnt/mytmp
Warning: no cfg file(s) found.
Password:
nas4free:/#

Regards,
Al

[Desertsweeper]

Thanks for the tip. I am new to the non-wintel world so will digest your advice and do my homework. It's exciting stuff I have to say...
I fully undersand the logic of what you say, just need to figure out the SSH bit which i know is the way in to the heart of the system.

[al562]

OK, well Windows does not come with SSH client built in. You can try WinSCP, but it is not great for issuing commands. Fastest way for you to do this is direclty at the server console. Use #6 to get a shell and issue all your commands there. Once mounted, leave the shell and use the WebGUI to setup a local rsync job.

Regards,
Al

[alexey123]

Any ideas?

If you use latin for filenames, you can transfer files with rsync.
Another way
Create NFS server on old nas and connect to it from new nas as nfs client. When you mount nfs share you can use simple cp.

[Desertsweeper]

Thanks Al ! I successfully mounted the old share using your example and the data is sailing across smoothly...much appreciate the help gents!

[al562]

You're welcome .
This topic is now added to Q: How do I mount/map a CIFS/SMB/SAMBA/Windows share/shared folder on my NAS4Free server?

[fsbruva]

Next time, you can also use fetch to get the files via FTP.