File Copying to WHS the Proper Way

If you are coping a large amount of data to your shared folders in Windows Home Server then Tranquil PC have discovered that you need to do it via the shares using your normal LAN connection and NOT by using a Remote Desktop Connection (RDC).

By transferring files using RDC the files actually transferred 90% slower than by doing it the proper way

…don’t try to be clever, and copy disk to disk – WHS is designed to be used headless (and no RDC).  If you want lightning fast file transfers, use the WHS as a network store, use the LAN.

You can read their full report here.

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