BitTorrent reveals Sync, a new file synchronization tool

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Post by Sami_Lehtinen » Fri, Jan 25, 2013, 1:24 PM UTC

BitTorrent reveals Sync, a new file synchronization tool
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Re: BitTorrent reveals Sync, a new file synchronization tool

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Post by fredsted » Fri, Jan 25, 2013, 1:57 PM UTC

I guess a big difference is that your data isn't stored at a 3rd party somewhere. That's one of the things that are good about Dropbox - if you delete your stuff, you can go back and fetch it.

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Post by Ecio78 » Fri, Jan 25, 2013, 2:04 PM UTC

How do you think it compares to Crashplan multi backup feature http://support.crashplan.com/doku.php/feature/multi_destinat... ?

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Post by lucian1900 » Fri, Jan 25, 2013, 2:11 PM UTC

fredsted wrote: post #2

I guess a big difference is that your data isn't stored at a 3rd party somewhere. That's one of the things that are good about Dropbox - if you delete your stuff, you can go back and fetch it.

It is also one of the things that are bad about Dropbox: even if you delete your files, someone else still has a copy. Worse, it's almost never encrypted client-side.

That is often not an issue of course, Dropbox is great.

Re: BitTorrent reveals Sync, a new file synchronization tool

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Post by lucian1900 » Fri, Jan 25, 2013, 2:12 PM UTC

Several companies have been using BitTorrent this way to move data in between machines (backups, builds, etc.). This may be inspired by such anecdotes.

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Post by kirchhoff » Fri, Jan 25, 2013, 2:26 PM UTC

Seems similar to AeroFS.

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Post by trvz » Fri, Jan 25, 2013, 2:32 PM UTC

It wasn't "launched", only "revealed".

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Post by jasonkolb » Fri, Jan 25, 2013, 2:32 PM UTC

This is what I've been waiting for. A dropbox-like service that uses BitTorrent. Seriously, with the way BitTorrent is integrated into all kinds of services and devices, it would be like instant Dropbox integration, with everything. You could start using the cool Torrent scheduling stuff to, for example, automatically transfer large files to a partner, quickly, as they're produced on the other end. Or to your TV, whatever.

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Post by minm » Fri, Jan 25, 2013, 2:34 PM UTC

Seems like Tonido Sync (http://www.tonido.com/app_sync_home.html)

Re: BitTorrent reveals Sync, a new file synchronization tool

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Post by dochtman » Fri, Jan 25, 2013, 2:35 PM UTC

I just want to know if it does client-side encryption.