cryolyte Posted May 6, 2013 Report Share Posted May 6, 2013 I had heard on a podcast that this product uses some kind of block tracking. What I'm envisioning is this:Let's say I have a 1.5TB file to sync.The file changes nightly (It's a backup file).I'm not sure how to tell what blocks have changed (if someone could point me to how to find out from one day to the next that would be great), but let's say that only 30% of the file actually changes. Will bittorrent sync only copy over the changed blocks (~500GB of actual transfer)? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GreatMarko Posted May 6, 2013 Report Share Posted May 6, 2013 BitTorrent Sync splits larger files up into 4MB chunks, and will only transfer changed "chunks"... however, it doesn't "track" moved chunks at present, that is to say, if you add 1byte to the very start of the file, EVERY "chuck" will be shifted, and therefore appear to BitTorrent Sync that the entire file has changed, and so the entire file will transfer again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cryolyte Posted May 6, 2013 Author Report Share Posted May 6, 2013 Aha, ok thanks GreatMarko. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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