ttm Posted November 28, 2013 Report Share Posted November 28, 2013 I'm a happy Sync user, but as I'm using it for backups, I would like to know what is the tolerance Sync has for hardware failures? My setup is the following: I have a dedicated server, which I use as my main Sync server, so I can replace the functionality of Dropbox. I use the iOS app to have a backup of my pictures/videos and that folder is synced on the dedicated server and on my laptop. That way, I have my videos/pictures in three places: Phone/Dedicated Server/Laptop. As I'm running out of space on the phone, I delete stuff from the Phone, with the tranquility that all of the contents are in two places, the dedicated server and the laptop. When I shoot more pictures or videos, I just sync again, and my dedicated server and laptop get the new stuff, but the older stuff still remains. That is perfect and this is what I want. So, what would happen if the laptop or the dedicated server hard drive fail? That folder is marked by sync as read only, but it's not yet clear to me that, if the dedicated server hard drive fail, will be the laptop folder modified with corrupt files? Please, could you confirm this? I'm pretty sure it works that way, but you know, just want to double check :-) Regards Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dms2013 Posted November 28, 2013 Report Share Posted November 28, 2013 If the key is a read only. No changes will be made on any other devices. If you use the sync archive function, it will also protect you if something happens to your phone. Ie someone steals it and deletes the pictures, or a child playing with it and deleting by mistake. Sent from my Nexus 4 using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ttm Posted November 29, 2013 Author Report Share Posted November 29, 2013 Ok, that's what I thought. But, let's imagine the read only setting is not enabled. Just two folders that are getting synced. What happens if a disk gets broken, some sectors damaged, I guess this has been taken into account by the Bittorrent team, and my guess is that the files won't get synced. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dms2013 Posted November 30, 2013 Report Share Posted November 30, 2013 That's what the sync archive is for. BTSync doesn't evaluate files. It just syncs in a safe way. The only corruption it protects you from is the governments Sent from my Nexus 4 using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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