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The first sync is always be slow but the next sync will only be new or changed files. You only need to take that hit once.
true, but I feared it might have to do with the "green" hd in the TC. going to try one last possibility: connecting both the TC and the WD Passport trough USB to the MAcbook and see whiter that speeds up things. Now there is network traffic, and that must introduce extra overload.Marius
Or you could just wait six hours and be done with it. Consider the BDP like a sports car, it's a top performer, sounds great but not practical to move a lot of cargo. If you are after a mini van, perhaps a mac mini w/FW dac is your best bet.
it's not about the BDP right now, but more a matter of finding out how to move a lot of files as easy(and fast) as possible. Found a nice primer about that btw: http://www.macworld.com/article/158185/2011/03/filetransfer.htmlsingle album rips, I send over the network, wirelessly without a problem, even a few together won't hurt.But sending a whole hdd from one place to another is a totally different matter. Even wired over the network from the mac to the Bdp1 is not an optimal situation. I tried hdd/usb/Tc , then it will take 2 days.... tc over the wired network to hdd/usb/Mac takes 6 to 8 hours. A lot faster, but still rather time-consuming. I guess USb3 or even Thunderbolt will (have to) help us soon. Thats why I hope that if and when Bryston decide to make their BDE, I hope it will have either of the faster interfaces. Imagine 4 hdd's all waiting to go through the usb2 pipe..Greetings,Mariusps thanks for your suggestions and insight!
Funny thing is you probably could shell on to the BDP and bypass your computer if your files are on a NAS.
this is exactly what I am looking for! How to do that? I would think the best connection between my Nas (TC) and the HDd is a direct USB 2 connection. But then how to shell and Bypass? I am new to these commands.Shell form Nas to BDP would be the second option.Marius
Is a TC a Time Capsule or some other brand of a NAS I'm not familiar with? If it is a Time Capsule, about all you can attempt to do is mount the volume the BDP and use rsync to sync the files between the two volumes. You can review the man pages for mount, mount_smb and rsync to get the correct options. I gave away my TC after it hit the 2 year HDD failure, (which apple repaired) so I'm not going to be able to do a test run. Also I know Bryston didn't install a lot of unneeded linux packages, so rsync might not even be there. If it's another brand that allows you to shell or ftp to the NAS box then you can use rsync to sync the files over. Again, review the man pages for ssh, ftp and rsync to get the full picture. You can make this a single command with the right rsync options. With linux, I've always felt that one should learn on their own how to use it and it's not for the faint of heart.
