Sharing multiple drives and make them appear as one

[smellalot]

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!

 

[Bear]

It is working as intended. If you want it to be faster, do the file manipulation directly on the Mac mini.

 

[smellalot]

It is working as intended. If you want it to be faster, do the file manipulation directly on the Mac mini.

Yes, but not as intended by me. There has to be a better way!

 

[ScoobyMcDoo]

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]

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

Any other suggestions?