Migrating data from one Synology NAS to a new Synology NAS [2 Methods]

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In this video we'll cover moving all data from a 4 bay #synology NAS to a 6 bay #synology NAS. We'll be doing this from a DS920+ to a DS1621+
These two methods are the easiest and quickest to achieve a full data migration.

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[TechWithEmilio]

So how'd you go? Did this help you get the data over?

[PeterHonig.]

Another way that is really easy is to click on a shared folder and select "Mount remote folder" from the "Tools" drop-down menu. You can do this on either the source or the target such that you can either push or pull you files and/or directories. Once you have mounted the remote folder, simply navigate, then copy and paste. When done, you can unmount the remote folder. Note, this approach seems to be very rarely mentioned in any tutorials but is so easy to do.

[mkilv]

Great had to use rsync but worked a dream Thanks a lot, just have to wait and wait and wait.

[ahothabeth]

Cheers Emilio.
Thank you for the video. I plan to backup, via rsync, my DS1821+ to a cheap used
DS3018xs both with 10Gbe; and this video was exactly what I was looking
for.

[ramoncontigo]

Thank you so much for this tutorial, I'm using rsync right now and pleased that I can move my files from my smaller NAS to my new bigger NAS

[draytondavant]

Thank you so much for this video! All the articles on the Internet use outdated information (RE: DS 7.2 and beyond). This worked for me and I am moving Terabytes of data to a new NAS.

[anamelesshenchman]

cool - I just wanted to copy data from one disk to another in the same NAS - JBOD. But this works

[BryanDoesCinema]

Wow man thank you so much for the video, this rsync is great, I can go to bed and not worry, lol.

[undertone]

You saved my butt with the rsync, after realizing the migration assistant won't work with my old NAS.

[PaulMrPKcom]

Thank you for the video. Is there any way to copy all settings, useres etc? I plan to move from DS118 to DS220+

[lt]

Hi Emillo, can I transfer data from my old DS214play to my new DS220j? Could I follow what you taught us here? Thanks!

[thawzinmyo]

Thanks for your tutorial. How many ways for data migration from One Synology NAS to another Synology NAS device with the same model? I saw, Snapshot moving, Drive Sync, Active Backup, Drag, and Drop from the browser? Which way is the best practice? How do you evaluate these ways? Thanks

[chrispage]

thanks for the run down.
I considered using RSYNC, but the Folder selection for what we can move or not was limited. I wanted to be more granular.

Tried the Drag & Drop method from browser to browser. Grabbing a 1GB folder forgetting that it Zips the file on the New NAS. This adds an extra step. Unzipping. Which can take some time also.

So I tried the way I was planning to do this, Drag & Drop in Finder. (MAC)

This this appeared to move files just as fast, but did not Zip.


Is there a reason one wouldn't want to do it this way?

[billparsons]

Does the drag-and-drop method verify file integrity? Thank you.

[camerachris]

I'd LOVE some help here. I've tried both methods and find really strange issues with each. The drag and drop method works but once the files are received they come through as a zipped file that then needs to be uncompressed. It's not ideal, adds in extra steps and is doubly time consuming waiting for the decompression. I'm afraid to transfer the really big stuff as a result. The rsync method caused a battery of weird permissions issues and doesn't really allow for isolating folders that much so it will only allow me to select actual directory folders, nothing below that. I'd like to be able to select smaller portions in case of errors during large transfers.

Any tips or help would be greatly appreciated.

[FJap]

Hi,

how about moving your HD's to a new (bigger) NAS, and afterwards, expending that with additional drives?
How would you do that without having to change IP addresses and such ?
=> Make a backup of the configuration.
=> shutdown, extract hard-drives and insert them (in correct order) in new NAS running SAME OS version?
=> restoring the config-backup?

Going from a DS418Play to a RS3614RPxs.

thanks!

[vikri]

Thank you! It works with rsync from DS115(DSM 7.0.1) to DS220+(DSM 7.1).

[patrickcavanaghkilmartin]

I take it this will work with Netgear NAS to Synology NAS? Any complications to watch out for?

[robertpaquet]

Done with the sync system. Got one problem, I cannot rename folders (sorry, this user account has not been assigned privileges to perform this action). I am not sure where to fix that?

[JV]

Great for a home NAS if you only want to move the files.
But what about configuration, networking, shares, apps and user accounts?