Reset Factory Default

[StephenB]

IF you have add-ons, reinstall them before restoring the configuration!

[mattebury]

Well, that was fast! It was done in the wee hours of the morning. I've restored the config file and now it's the long task of restoring files.

Block size is now 16384

[mdgm]

Yes. The block size is set when the volume is created.

[mattebury]

Well, I'm well into restoring my NV+. Should it be this painfully slow? Right now I'm trying to copy 33GB of data from the external hard drive to the NV+ and it's saying that it'll take three hours. I believe it, because when I've moved other large blocks of data it's taken forever. It wasn't this slow before. My 110GB Aperture library only took 2 hours to backup to the NV+ before.

[StephenB]

Are you restoring from a USB drive, or some other way?

[mattebury]

USB Drive

[StephenB]

USB Drive

I generally restore over the network - from what I've seen posted, backup to/from USB drives that don't use the EXT format is quite slow.

[mattebury]

Being a newbie:

• What is EXT format?
• What does restoring over network mean? My system is the file server for my home network.

[StephenB]

EXT format is the disk format used for Linux (just like NTFS is the disk format for Windows). EXT3 and EXT4 are the main versions. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ext3

"Restoring over the network" means copying data back to the NAS over the network. For instance, plugging the USB drive into your PC, and drop/dragging the files back onto the NAS. Some users say that is faster for normal NTFS formatted USB drives. In my case, I back up my Pro to my two older ReadyNAS - so all backups/restores are done over the network.

[mattebury]

Ah.

I'm a Mac household, so all USB drives are formatted as Mac OS Extended (journaled). The current USB drive (with my backed up files) is plugged into my Mac and then I drag and drop from the USB drive to the NV+.

[StephenB]

Got it. You are already restoring over the network.

My advice is to be patient. The important thing now is not to lose the data, so it is probably not the time to experiment.

[mattebury]

I agree about not messing with anything while I restore, but this is getting a bit out of hand. My iTunes library is ~333GB with music, movies, apps and books. It's been running since about 6:00 pm yesterday and has copied ~127GB at 7:00 am this morning and it estimates that it's got 21 hours to go! That's just about 10GB per hour.

[StephenB]

Understood. Write performance is slower for small files, though the 3 MB/s speeds you are seeing look pretty slow for AFP. I still suggest waiting the 21 hours, and then later on taking a look at the performance issue.

[mattebury]

Well, my iTunes is restored and working!

But the final insult remains, restoring my photos. This is crazy, I have a 95GB Aperture library that's been running for a couple hours and only copied 900MB. Finder is estimating that it'll take another FOUR days to complete! What is up with that? I have NEVER had my Aperture library take more than two or three hours to copy to the NV+. I'm glad that the NV+ is only one of the backup locations for my photos!

[mdgm]

What version of Mac OS X and what version of RAIDiator?