Best Way to Back up Music Library

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(03-06-2015 13:19)DavidHB Wrote:  ... It will be interesting to know how quickly the NAS to NAS copying task goes (the initial full run is at least a one off); I only have the one NAS, and so this is something I have not tried.

My impression is that SyncToy is not terribly quick at copying the whole library from one place to another. I am in the process of backing up the library on my 215J (NAS) to an external HD (plugged into a USB port on the 215J). I started this more than 24 hours ago and it is not yet half way through. By contrast, last night I started copying the library to my 213J from another external HD (plugged into a USB port on the 213J). As I type, it is reporting that it will be complete in ~20 minutes, which would be around 10 hours.

So for copying (backing up) an entire library, SyncToy is probably not the best option. For everything else, however, I think it is going to be extremely useful.