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Encryption? (or would that require another layer a-la BozCryptor?)
Error/collision management - when Dropbox syncs files, there is a master repository (Dropbox.com) and a file isn't synched unless it exists there.
How do you think it compares to Crashplan multi backup feature http://support.crashplan.com/doku.php/feature/multi_destinat... ?
BitTorrent's Sync application appears to be a way to keep the current version of files syncronized on multiple computers without a cloud (server) intermediary and without a history of previous versions.
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I use git-annex assistant for that. When a new file appears in a certain directory in my VPS, the Assistant will automatically sync it to my Desktop machine (which has a 2TB disk). When the VPS disk space gets low, a script will run "git annex drop --in=here --in=desktop", which deletes files that have already been copied to the Desktop (but not without first checking if they're there). Then, on my laptop, I can just…
Does it work on windows yet?
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I use git-annex assistant for that. When a new file appears in a certain directory in my VPS, the Assistant will automatically sync it to my Desktop machine (which has a 2TB disk). When the VPS disk space gets low, a script will run "git annex drop --in=here --in=desktop", which deletes files that have already been copied to the Desktop (but not without first checking if they're there). Then, on my laptop, I can just…
Does it work on windows yet?
And where are the files stored? If I create a 'Sync'ed file, switch off the computer and start the laptop, the file needs to be stored somewhere. And if this somewhere is the torrent swarm, then I would expect an interesting discussion on cryptography and (perhaps) fountain codes etc. ( Unfortunately the blog post [1] is even less detailed than OP's submission.) [1] http://blog.bittorrent.com/2013/01/24/test-bittorre…
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.
I used to use it as a means of keeping an encrypted file synced across machines, but when you re-lock up the file it... well, encrypts it, which means re-arranging ALL the bits, so a diff (how dropbox syncs) is just the whole damn file.
The files sync between all your AeroFS computers (and supports selecting syncing too) instead of to a single server so I basically have literally 100s of GBs of 'cloud'/Dropbox-like storage available. And as a bonus, its completely free for all this 'unlimited' storage.
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, wha…
I use git-annex assistant for that. When a new file appears in a certain directory in my VPS, the Assistant will automatically sync it to my Desktop machine (which has a 2TB disk). When the VPS disk space gets low, a script will run "git annex drop --in=here --in=desktop", which deletes files that have already been copied to the Desktop (but not without first checking if they're there). Then, on my laptop, I can just…
I haven't used git-annex assistant, but git-annex alone has revolutionized the way that I think about and interact with my filesystem(s).