mintwurm

You gave them all read-only keys ? Then how were they contributing in the first place ? The way I understand it, every peer in the network will contribute to distribute updates on the folders. But only peers with read/write can actually change the content of the folders, the others will only see the changes done by these few. If all of the peers in your network only have permissions to read, then the only version that could ever be updated lies on the main server. By shutting down the server you effectively froze the state of the system since no-one may change anything. Surely some of them are allowed to write ? Otherwise I can't imagine how you collaborated on the project.

I've set up a linux server with bittorrent sync. The folders are on an external HDD drive. After almost 24h it finally finished indexing - yes the server is slow - but the HDD still doesn't spin down. This is a little troubling, I'm sure the external HDD is not supposed to run non-stop. Apparently this is connected to the indexing intervals. Sync will check the folder for changes every 10 minutes and that keeps the HDD from spinning down. I need to adjust this indexing interval. This seemed perfect: http://help.getsync.com/customer/portal/articles/1570790-can-i-change-how-often-sync-checks-for-file-changes- Unfortunately in my advanced settings there is no option to change the interval (linux web ui). I've read that the interval can also be set by a config file which is given to the executable via the --config flag. Great, but I still need to get that config file. I dumped a sample config file, which would need to be adapted, but before I do that, I have two questions : 1. Is it possible to get the "current" config file ? Which contains the configuration, that btsync uses right now, eg correct folders, correct ports, correct user-name ? I'm afraid that passing a config file will mess up the folders that are already indexed. It would be a shame if another 24h were lost on that. 2. If the "current" config file is not available, if I have to adjust the sample config, what do I need to change ? Which settings are important and which are dangerous ? I tried to find a tutorial which tells me where to be careful, but so far, I haven't found it.

I just tested this: My Ipad will sync the files to other peers, while the sync app is running in the foreground. If the app is pushed to the background, or if the ipad's screen is locked, the app will continue to sync for a few minutes and then shut down. This is probably an ios limitation. Please note that music playing in the app will continue to play, even though the app is no longer syncing. Rather strange. And even more interesting: If you play music from the app, you can't search the folder structure. You would have to touch back to get back to the folders, and that stops the music. But if you start a song, minimize the app and wait long enough before opening it again, the UI has reset, you're greeted with the folder structure again, even though the music is still playing and has never stopped. Long story short. The limitations of ios are really very strange and prevent your ipad from syncing over night. Maybe jailbreaking could help ? I didn't try that.