Data transfer from Synology to Truenas

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Hello,

I would like to transfer my data from a Synology NAS HDD to my new TrueNas Scale HDD.

Do I have to plug both HDDs into a computer and do it manually?

These are movies I watch on plex

Thank you

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from the info, its not clear what filesystem or RAID combinations were in use on the Synology before. Also not sure if there was some encryption in place.

To start with you would need to connect the disk with a disk mounting caddy or with a direct hdd connector from the motherboard with power connector ( if you are comfortable doing that). Next you need to ensure the filesystem is recognized by your OS and can be mounted to a folder on the target system.

Please note, this is the generic approach I am mentioning, and no way I am a synology expert.

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Hello

If I do an SMB data share, it could work right?

Thank you

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This will be the simplest (KISS philosophy) as whilst it could be possible to import the Synology ZFS drives (if they aren’t BTFRS or encrypted)

a simple robocopy command would work

map both shares as drives

robocopy [source drive] [dest drive] /mir

and off you go - the advantage of /mir is that it will mirror the drive, you can restart the process and it’ll work out what needs to be done, you can still work on the synology & then do a final pass before shutting down the synology (don’t do any work on it during this pass)

if you want you can do a final confirm pass and it should run really quick as there are no changes

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my disks are in BTRFS format

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You basically mount both shares to a computer and do the transfer over the network.

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