nils

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  1. The scenario you describe is not possible OOTB with BTsync. For this to work you would need to have some script/program watch over the .SyncArchive folder and act upon file changes to back up the data that was deleted. This would be too cumbersome for myself and I would consider different syncing methods, such as rsync, but YMMV.

  2. Ahah! I could have sworn I'd checked that I was on the latest version on each of my machines, so I just checked again to check my sanity... On one Mac, clicking check for updates opens a dialog saying that 1.1.82 is 'currently the newest version available' when it clearly is not. Presumably this is a known bug?! I haven't checked. Anyway, that may be the cause of some issues...

    version checks are not fully working. Whilst BTsync is in beta, it is always good to check the forums for new updates every once in a while.

  3. If you are concerned about the technology part of btsync, please read up on it http://www.bittorrent.com/sync/technology. I would like to direct your attention to Peer discovery -> Bittorrent tracker. A hash value of the secret is used for peer discovery, therefore the available information for the tracker would be restricted to IP+hash, not the secret itself. If you do not with to use relay,tracker and DHT, you are free to do so and you would then have to rely on predefined hosts and/or LAN only operation.

  4. Is there a way to tell sync to start with the newest files and go to the oldest. I need to move about 1tb worth of cctv files from work to my home nas with a very slow 5mb connection.

    workaround: take your has to work, copy the files and then create the btsync share on the work side, add the share to your has and it should not need to sync until new files arrive.

  5. I would recommend one of these options:

    • FreeBSD with a ZFS mirror
    • Linux distro with ZFSonLinux and zfs mirror

    If you do not feel comfortable with Linux/Unix, then set up a Windows machine and a mirror on the two hard drives.

     

    Install BTsync and create or import shares. Done!