Is It Better To Have The "source" Be The Nas Or The Device?

[heehee62]

I installed btsync on my mybooklive NAS.  I don't want it to cause my NAS to always be thinking.

 

I'm using a full access secret between  my laptop folder and NAS. 

 

Does is make any difference in terms of how often my NAS will be "thinking" if I have my NAS be the  "source" instead of the laptop folder?  I see I can set rescan interval preference on my laptop but I can't with my mybooklive NAS.

 

Thanks.

[sandymac]

I haven't used a WD My Book Live but a few obvious points to me:

• Running BTSync from your laptop will consume gobs of network activity as files are indexed.
• Running BTSync from your My Book Live means you can sync to/from your NAS when your laptop is off but the NAS is on.

[RomanZ]

heehee62,

 

After adding a folder to BTSync and initial scan (=hashing all the data) BTSync is not going to consume lots of CPU power and it does not depend would it be on NAS or on Laptop.

 

Also, on NAS (=Linux-based OS) you can configure your BTSync via config file instead of WebUI - this will give you an ability to set advanced preferences, like folder rescan interval.

[heehee62]

working well now thanks guys.

[wimbit]

I have over 500 GB on MyBookLive with the higher workload Encrypted Read Only secrets and it runs fine. No issues yet with the MyBookLive having to work too much.