Networking – Transfer files between two NAS units on same network

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I have two Seagate BlackArmor 400 NAS units and I want to transfer a lot of files from one to the other.

I can access both through a browser GUI and also are the shares I want to transfer between available in my Network Location in Windows 7. I guess that's the CIFS thing there but not sure.

However if I just drag and drop or use something like TeraCopy the speed is very bad. It's like the file actually transfers through my PC which is wireless and not getting great speed.

The Seagate blackarmor has a download manager that supports http and ftp and the share is ftp enabled but I have no idea how it's url would be on local network ( there is no DNS setup for the FTP but it's marked as enabled ).

Does anyone know of a good solution for me to transfer the files between the 2 NAS system without having a PC in between and getting good speed.

Best Answer

You are correct in your assumption that the files are being copied to your machine and then back to the 2nd NAS.

The only way to accomplish this is if there is a way to setup some sort of direct file-exchange between the two NAS devices. Either some sort of command-line tool for pushing or pulling the files from the other NAS. If there is no command line tool, perhaps there is a GUI tool like RSYNC that can be configured to pull data from a remote server. There might also be some options for some other replication tools that might be useful.

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