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smellalot

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Dec 6, 2011
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Hi,

I have a problem with my 2006 Mac mini running Snow Leopard. The Mini is sharing multiple drives on the network and those drives mount as separate volumes.
When I copy a file from one network drive to another, the file does not move directly to its destination. Instead it first takes a 'detour' through my MacBook which increases the copy time a lot. How can I change this behavior?


Thanks for any helpful hints!
 
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ScoobyMcDoo

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Nov 26, 2007
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How are you sharing them (SMB, NFS, AFS)? You might try different methods to see if it make a difference. I think some newer version of NFS support Server side copy, but I have no idea if the Finder would take advantage of that feature.
 

smellalot

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Dec 6, 2011
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I share them via AFP. I tried SMB yesterday but it wouldn't work either.

Any other suggestions?
 
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