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Re: Syncthing: A continuous file synchronization program

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Post by aesh2Xa1 »

Arn_Thor wrote: post #90

Does anyone have experience with Syncthing in high-latency connection scenarios, for example across continents? I need to bring and keep up to date tens of TBs between a couple of servers very far apart (~200ms ping). Almost everything I've tried transfers at a fraction of the speeds possible. The exception is Rclone where I'm able to properly saturate the connection.

https://garagehq.deuxfleurs.fr

Garage claims performance across long distances (up to 200ms per their front page).

It's not a POSIX file system. Instead it's more like S3. You could put something in front of it, perhaps, to make it POSIX.

Re: Syncthing: A continuous file synchronization program

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Post by nine_k »

vorpalhex wrote: post #60
thewataccount wrote: post #50

If you had 10's thousands or millions of files, and several terabytes, is syncthing a good option for this? I haven't seen a ton of great options unfortunately :/

I've been successful with syncthing up to 2tb (never tried higher) with the caveat that I only have it function between two hosts and only one host is the writer.

I have a 2 TB setup with multiple writers; works fine.

Re: Syncthing: A continuous file synchronization program

#93

Post by ubermonkey »

lost_tourist wrote: post #72
hparadiz wrote: post #71

Earlier quoted context omitted.

To me it's a dealbreaker for iOS. iPhones are just toys that don't get real work done. I take a photo with with my phone and it's synced to my Linux desktop in 1-2 seconds.

Strange flex on ios users lol.

Kind of a dumb, insecure, tribalist flex, but it's HN so it's what one expects here.

Re: Syncthing: A continuous file synchronization program

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Post by ubermonkey »

crossroadsguy wrote: post #85
ubermonkey wrote: post #68

Earlier quoted context omitted.

"The only downside is that there is no good iOS app." That's a dealbreaker for iOS folks, though. I hate the mission creep Dropbox has embraced, and would definitely consider something else, but I need access to my stuff on Windows, MacOS, and iOS. Anything that doesn't hit all three notes isn't a contender.

> dealbreaker for iOS folks, though Is there anything that is a dealbreaker for "iOS folks"? If usability would have been a dealbreaker they might not have been on iOS in the first place. Let's just look at Syncthing not being on iOS - Apple makes sure things like Syncthing can't be on iOS. Mobius Sync does a trillion workarounds to give a semblance of being on iOS. So maybe "iOS folks" should reach out to Apple talk…

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Re: Syncthing: A continuous file synchronization program

#95

Post by ubermonkey »

hparadiz wrote: post #71
ubermonkey wrote: post #68

Earlier quoted context omitted.

"The only downside is that there is no good iOS app." That's a dealbreaker for iOS folks, though. I hate the mission creep Dropbox has embraced, and would definitely consider something else, but I need access to my stuff on Windows, MacOS, and iOS. Anything that doesn't hit all three notes isn't a contender.

To me it's a dealbreaker for iOS. iPhones are just toys that don't get real work done. I take a photo with with my phone and it's synced to my Linux desktop in 1-2 seconds.

>iPhones are just toys that don't get real work done.

That speaks more to your failure than to iOS's. I've been getting meaningful work done on iOS for a decade.

It sure is popular for a certain sort of HN poster, presumably deeply insecure about their own choices, to drop in and do their best to shit on iOS whenever anyone says something positive about it. It's predictable as clockwork, but as useful as tits on a bull.

Re: Syncthing: A continuous file synchronization program

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Post by Arn_Thor »

aesh2Xa1 wrote: post #91
Arn_Thor wrote: post #90

Does anyone have experience with Syncthing in high-latency connection scenarios, for example across continents? I need to bring and keep up to date tens of TBs between a couple of servers very far apart (~200ms ping). Almost everything I've tried transfers at a fraction of the speeds possible. The exception is Rclone where I'm able to properly saturate the connection.

https://garagehq.deuxfleurs.fr Garage claims performance across long distances (up to 200ms per their front page). It's not a POSIX file system. Instead it's more like S3. You could put something in front of it, perhaps, to make it POSIX.

Thanks for the suggestion! I'll look into it. I just double-checked and it seems the ping I'm dealing with is just a little bit above their recommended limit

Re: Syncthing: A continuous file synchronization program

#97

Post by RalfWausE »

ubermonkey wrote: post #95
hparadiz wrote: post #71

Earlier quoted context omitted.

To me it's a dealbreaker for iOS. iPhones are just toys that don't get real work done. I take a photo with with my phone and it's synced to my Linux desktop in 1-2 seconds.

>iPhones are just toys that don't get real work done. That speaks more to your failure than to iOS's. I've been getting meaningful work done on iOS for a decade. It sure is popular for a certain sort of HN poster, presumably deeply insecure about their own choices, to drop in and do their best to shit on iOS whenever anyone says something positive about it. It's predictable as clockwork, but as useful as tits on a bu…

Tits on a bull would be incredible useful from an economic perspective i would guess...

Re: Syncthing: A continuous file synchronization program

#98

Post by xcdzvyn »

ceeam wrote: post #29

Using resilio (which is NOT open source, of course and is actually kinda abandoned) until they implement selective sync (also "cloud" files browser). This is THE feature that is the deal breaker for me to switch. No, I don't sync hundreds of gigabytes from my personal cloud to my fokken phone, or even laptop, or even work PC. Still want access to all of them on demand.

You can create multiple folders (~/Sync/everywhere, ~/Sync/phone) and share them to different devices?

Re: Syncthing: A continuous file synchronization program

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Post by shjake »

est31 wrote: post #62
celsoazevedo wrote: post #28

Earlier quoted context omitted.

There's Möbius Sync, but iOS restrictions means that it can't work in the background or access folders like it does on Android/Windows/macOS/Linux.

iOS literally doesn't have "just there for storage" directories that are not icloud. Either you use the photos pool, or you use icloud, or you use per-app directories that are local to each app. But then those directories cannot be accessed by other apps. Even if access to individual files is implemented, it's often very buggy. Say you have a pictures directory shared via Möbius Sync. Then you want to edit one of the…

> iOS literally doesn't have "just there for storage" directories that are not icloud. Either you use the photos pool, or you use icloud, or you use per-app directories that are local to each app.

Isn’t this no longer the case for the last 5 years or so?

‘Files’ allows to access local non iCloud folders and every app with the right entitlement can write/read there.

You can even integrate your own cloud service into ’Files’ making in indistinguishable from iCloud (in some ways at least).

Re: Syncthing: A continuous file synchronization program

#100

Post by shjake »

crossroadsguy wrote: post #85
ubermonkey wrote: post #68

Earlier quoted context omitted.

"The only downside is that there is no good iOS app." That's a dealbreaker for iOS folks, though. I hate the mission creep Dropbox has embraced, and would definitely consider something else, but I need access to my stuff on Windows, MacOS, and iOS. Anything that doesn't hit all three notes isn't a contender.

> dealbreaker for iOS folks, though Is there anything that is a dealbreaker for "iOS folks"? If usability would have been a dealbreaker they might not have been on iOS in the first place. Let's just look at Syncthing not being on iOS - Apple makes sure things like Syncthing can't be on iOS. Mobius Sync does a trillion workarounds to give a semblance of being on iOS. So maybe "iOS folks" should reach out to Apple talk…

Other third party cloud storage providers seem to have no issue developing decent apps and there are APIs that allow them to be integrated in a similar way icloud is. So I’m not sure this is entirely on Apple…
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