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Using Windows Explorer on a local PC running Windows10 (MyPC), if I drag and drop the example file (file1.ext, 1GB) from:

\\Network-NAS\FolderA\

to

\\Network-NAS\FolderB\

file1.ext seems to first transfer from FolderA to MyPC, then from MyPC to FolderA. This is less problematic for single small files than let's say 1GB files. Is there anyway to mitigate this?

For example, most NAS's uses a form of LinuxOS. There are some that come with Windows Storage Server WSS 2016 (ex: Buffalo WS5020 and some Thecus). They all come with web interfaces, however on a Windows10 PC, using Windows Explorer is much more convenient for network users. Would WSS offer any advantage with enabling a direct reference change or same disk partition to partition transfer for a large file, rather than require its usual routing of the transferred files through MyPC as I've experienced on simpler NAS's (for example WD-WesterDigitals)?

Update: Would iSCSI prevent sending files through the client?

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  • possible duplicate superuser.com/questions/629520/… Nov 12, 2019 at 3:31
  • Thanks for the link David - Specifically, Tonny's answer suggests that it may be possible to bypass MyPC in some Windows servers and I would like to configure that option in this server or know where there may be a reference to it elsewhere. Nov 12, 2019 at 3:42
  • Tonny also mentioned that he never saw it used anywhere. I have a feeling that it's going to be quite difficult to find related documents. Good luck. Nov 12, 2019 at 3:47
  • You could have said that from the getgo. I thought comments were meant to be helpful rather than just pure criticism of the question. Nov 12, 2019 at 4:52
  • Correct me, but I thought the point of using this site was to get help rather than a user saying, 'good luck' go search on your own - unless I am missing something here? In any case, I don't think you're comments had the intention to be helpful at all, so maybe keep that in mind. Nov 12, 2019 at 4:58

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