BTSync won't be a Dropbox killer until it has unlimited version history.
My guess is that it will be as a plugin.
BitTorrent Sync Is A Dropbox Killer, Or Maybe Much More Than That
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#32So I understand that data transfer is not done via online services, but can BitTorrent Sync be used entirely locally?
For example, I have a desktop at home, one at work, and my laptop.
I would love to have my music collection available all the time on my work desktop, but I don't want to waste the bandwidth at the office.
My ideal use case would be that while I am at home, my laptop and home desktop sync across the LAN, when I get to work, my laptop and office desktop sync.
Does BitTorrent Sync allow that?
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#33I looked at BTSync the other day when researching self-hosted Dropbox alternatives. It looks like a great product and so far beats the pants off the closest competitor, Seafile, for ease of install and use. I was really impressed.
But unfortunately it's not open source, so it comes down to an issue of trust--which, in the end, is the same issue with Dropbox and really the entire point of moving to self-hosted for me.
Do you trust BitTorrent to properly encrypt your data as they promise? To not send it to someone else on the sly? Etc. etc. I acknowledge the possibility of funny business is remote at best but it's one of those "on principle" things for me.
(Yes you could use another layer like Encfs or something before putting it in your BTSync/Dropbox folder but that's a pain and not really the point.)
Re: BitTorrent Sync Is A Dropbox Killer, Or Maybe Much More Than That
#34I looked at BTSync the other day when researching self-hosted Dropbox alternatives. It looks like a great product and so far beats the pants off the closest competitor, Seafile, for ease of install and use. I was really impressed. But unfortunately it's not open source, so it comes down to an issue of trust--which, in the end, is the same issue with Dropbox and really the entire point of moving to self-hosted for me.…
I fully agree with that. Trusting crypto in a closed-source product is something I'm not comfortable with. That said, I'm using btsync just for syncing unimportant files across clients within my local network and it's working really great.
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#35One thing I've wanted to do is access files remotely without downloading them (streaming/virtual drives, etc). Do any of these services allow that (BTsync, dropbox, aeroFS), or am I forced to download files before accessing them?
You can mount dropbox and a whole bunch of other cloud services as a filesystem using ExpanDrive - google drive and box support coming next
www.expandrive.com
(I am the author)
Re: BitTorrent Sync Is A Dropbox Killer, Or Maybe Much More Than That
#36It has a massive problem which Dropbox solves: the need for both computers to be on at the same time.
I have a laptop. I have a desktop. They are almost never on at the same time. With Dropbox this is _fine_ - the files go from one to the cloud, and then to the other when it's turned on.
With BTSync, this would mean that my files would never sync.
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#37So I understand that data transfer is not done via online services, but can BitTorrent Sync be used entirely locally? For example, I have a desktop at home, one at work, and my laptop. I would love to have my music collection available all the time on my work desktop, but I don't want to waste the bandwidth at the office. My ideal use case would be that while I am at home, my laptop and home desktop sync across the L…
Yes it can sync across LAN:
"If your devices are on the same local network, BitTorrent Sync will use your LAN for faster synchronization."
Re: BitTorrent Sync Is A Dropbox Killer, Or Maybe Much More Than That
#38So I understand that data transfer is not done via online services, but can BitTorrent Sync be used entirely locally? For example, I have a desktop at home, one at work, and my laptop. I would love to have my music collection available all the time on my work desktop, but I don't want to waste the bandwidth at the office. My ideal use case would be that while I am at home, my laptop and home desktop sync across the L…
You want to control the topology of your own network? Not really.
BitTorrent Sync allows for LAN syncing, yes. When a direct connection between hosts is not possible, it will use a third-party server as first a matchmaking server for NAT hole punching. If that fails, it will route all sync traffic through the third party server acting as a relay. (These third parties are controlled by the BitTorrent Sync developers)
You may need to have some way of killing the btsync daemon on your home machine if you want to sync directly from your laptop to your office machine.
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#39One thing I've wanted to do is access files remotely without downloading them (streaming/virtual drives, etc). Do any of these services allow that (BTsync, dropbox, aeroFS), or am I forced to download files before accessing them?
If you're on Linux, you can mount remote filesystems super easy. Look up `sshfs`
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#40Any clue why their previous undertaking, btapp.js, disappeared into oblivion? Aren't the apps listed on http://torque.bittorrent.com/labs/ incredibly useful? (They forgot about Linux, so I didn't even have a chance to run these things)