Best way to copy folders to an external USB drive

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Dear all, I need to copy folders and files to an external USB drive which is directly connected to a TVS-h1288X. I already know that there are different ways to do that. Watched the video, too ( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iKs14fT-X2Y ). My questions are:

  1. Which is the fastest method? I need to write about 8TB so speed is an issue.
  2. Is there a way to have the data verified with checksums?

Thank you for all answers in advance.

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So if you just want to copy data you can do any of the following:

1.) Log into the web interface and copy using File Manager
2.) SSH into the CLI and copy between drives.

I am not sure if connecting over Samba or NFS from your computer and copying from one shared drive to another would direct data over the network (ie: from NAS to computer and then back to NAS) or if it would directly copy.

Speed is going to be dependent on the load on the NAS, the sustained data rate of the hard drives, the type of files you are trying to transfer (a large number of small files will transfer much slower than large files or large zipped files), etc.

I am pretty sure any of the copy utilities is going to verify the data, however, if you want to be 100% sure, then create a backup job in HBS to transfer the data and then do validation of the backup.