OK I’ve been patient - I’ve read the threads about speed and what to expect but unless someone can point me in the right direction I think I’m giving up. I’m trying to use a MyCloud device to create a back-up of my external work drive. All my critical data is not kept on my MacBook Pro hard drive but on a 3TB external. I bought two MyCloud 3TB in the hope that I could use one on my home network as a daily back up with another positioned remotely so I could back up to it across the internet. Sadly it seems this is not really possible. 1. Tried backing up a sparse bundle with SuperDuper to one device wirelessly. Took ages and then the bundle would not mount and effectively sits there unusable. 2. Connected a MyCloud using an ethernet hub to the Mac. Still painfully slow so gave up on SuperDuper. 3. Tried using Mac BackUp Guru to do a backup (it works in a similar way to TM but allows you to back up from an external not just the main drive) it seemed to work and I expected it to take a long time for the first backup but everytime it appears to freezes when left and stalls after a few thousand files - I have over 100 thousand.Anyone got any solutions?
One thing I forgot to mention is that I can do a manual copy but that is not practical for an automated mirror or back up. Also the latest snafu is that one of the devices I can’t access with WD Sync for Mac - just refuses to accept the login even though I can use the same login in a browser. EDIT: After further checking I find the USB Ethernet adapter I’m using is only 100 max. So I need a Thunderbolt version! Will report back when I get it.
I don’t know if my experience will help you or not, but I have mirror software working on both my Windows 10 system(s) and my Apple MacBook Pro and the target in both cases is my WDMyCloud 2TB box.
On the Windows systems I’m using MirrorFolder Ver 5 and on the MacBook Pro I’m using FreeFileSync Ver 8.
Both work well and you can either [mirror] or [sync] with both packages.
Paul
Thanks Paul I’ll check that out.
Now on 1000 Ethernet speed and transfer is still painfully slow. FreeFileSync seems good and solid though. Time for transfer 1tb started at 5 days has gone up to 600 days and is now at 15 days- oh no make that 20days. Not really sustainable even for a first sync? There must be a bottleneck somewhere. What seemed like a bargain is looking like a bit of a brick with no practical use. Wit such slow transfers I can’t really see what it can be used for. I will maybe crack them open and re-use the hard drives in a better enclosure.
Its come down to 2/3 days so watch this space…
It took over 4 days. I thought updating might be quick but as an experiment I’ve changed on file and it currently has taken over an hour just to scan the files to check. I can’t see how this is usable.
