ouija Posted August 8, 2013 Report Share Posted August 8, 2013 I have a question regarding use of the read-only sharing within Btsync:If I have a machine set as the "master", and sync to several other machines using the read-only key, will these machines transfer across to the other machines to keep the data in sync IF the Master machine goes offline?Meaning, do the machines setup using a read-only key still work in the P2P scope of things, sending files across to all other machines that are connected under the same key, or is the Master unit the only one that handles the transfers then?Just curious Thank you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
britannic Posted August 13, 2013 Report Share Posted August 13, 2013 great question ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ouija Posted August 15, 2013 Author Report Share Posted August 15, 2013 I believe the answer is yes, all machines will still perform the synchronization, with the "master" machine providing all the changes but the "slaves" performing transfers of files as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greho Posted August 23, 2013 Report Share Posted August 23, 2013 When you do that, do you find that the slaves overwrite changes from the master over time? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ouija Posted August 29, 2013 Author Report Share Posted August 29, 2013 When you do that, do you find that the slaves overwrite changes from the master over time?Haven't used it enough yet in this configuration to say for certain as my NAS drive running BTSync wasn't up to par (spec wise) to work properly with the software, but I will be reconfiguring my setup with a newer, faster unit here shortly and will post back with my results, however, I believe the Master would be the machine to perform all changes overtime from what I could tell. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greentown Posted August 30, 2013 Report Share Posted August 30, 2013 The answer to your original question is yes. As for Greho, I don't really understand why he makes that question though...how can a slave override what the master dictates, it's simply out of the question. BTSync will make sure that there is coherence between shared folders among all peers, so you don't need to worry about the slaves misbehaving, because they won't. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
null null null null Posted February 16, 2014 Report Share Posted February 16, 2014 (edited) In my experience, with btsync 1.2.82, read-only files will sync with one another as long as the files are the same as what the master wanted to sync. So as an example Lets say A = my PC, B = my Linux box and C = my phoneA will be the master B and C are read-only Case 1: Add files to AB and C recieve files from A and one another. Case 2: Add files to A and let it sync to B, but not C. Than switch A offWhen C and B are on, C receives the Files from B Case 3: Add files to A and let it sync to B, but not C. Than switch A off and edit some of the files on BWhen C and B are on, C will receive all the files from B that are new and have not been edited. Case 4: Edit files on C or BAny files that have been edited by are treated as if they are in the .SyncIgnore list and are not synced with the other read-only devices.I hope this helps. Edited February 16, 2014 by ErgoPandemonium Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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