oldschoola Posted June 21, 2014 Report Share Posted June 21, 2014 ok so i have 1 synology nas device ds212j with 1 share(backups) and i have a few questions. versions:on my nas running btsync Version 1.3.94 (which i got from the synocommunity packages)synology nas running dsm 4.3 oson my android(galaxy s5 running kitkat 4.4.3) im running btsync v. 1.3.21.0 client 1. how can i change the time schedule that bittorrent checks to see whether it needs to upload a new file? is there a default file somewhere on the client or the synology client? i know on the mac client i could change the ms in the options, but i dont see one on the synology client.2. if i have a huge initial dump file size(such as 20gb dcim folder) that im trying to backup with bittorrent a. can i copy the folder over the network first to this backups folder? will bittorrent recognize the files already on the share that match the ones from the dcim folder its uploading, or will it try to overwrite the same file? b. or do i have to let it use bittorrent client to do the backup?3. is there anyway to setup bittorrent sync on the android device to only sync when its on wifi? or from certain scheduled times, i.e. 1am-6am.4. when i delete a picture file from my dcim folder, it seems this deletes the backup that was made as well. this would be ok, but ther are times when im going to "clean out"my dcim folder and would liketo keep all the pictures backed up. is there an option to not delete from the backup? or would i have to just disable syncing and then setup a new folder sync after i delete all the files? sorry for all the questions and thanks in advance!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RomanZ Posted June 22, 2014 Report Share Posted June 22, 2014 @oldschoola1. On desktop clients there is no schedule. If BTSync is running, it will receive OS notifications on file changes in sync folders, and approximately around 15 seconds after changes is done - it will start syncing files. If OS does not send notifications (for example, you have excessive amount of folders or really deep folder), BTSync will detect new files every folder_rescan_interval (which is 10 minutes by default and can be changed in advanced preferences.On Android device it is slightly different. BTSync core goes to sleep when no actual transfer occurs to save device power. It will wake up every period (30 mins by default) to check if any new data is available on Android device or on remote peers to sync. The sleep mode can be disabled or the sleep period adjusted. 2. Yes, you can pre-copy files to avoid extra file copy over network. BTSync won't re-sync already existing files. Please note, when copying share manually - DO NOT copy BTSync service files (like, .syncID, .SyncArchive, etc), as it is going to break Sync logic. 3. "Wifi only" - yes, you can do it. Disable the "Mobile internet" in BTSync options to force BTSync sync data only when it is in wifi range. Unfortunately, BTSync does not support schedule yet. 4. You can do it. All the files deleted on one peer are moved to ".SyncArchive" hidden folder on another peer. They stay in archive for 30 days by default. All you need to do on your archive peer is to change the "sync_trash_ttl" advanced setting from 30 to 0. In this case your deleted pics will never be deleted from .SyncArchive. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldschoola Posted June 22, 2014 Author Report Share Posted June 22, 2014 RomanZ, thank you for your help!but im using the bittorent sync app on my synology nas as the destination and i dont see any of the options you listed. i.e. 1. folder_rescan_interval - i dont see any options for this on my nas btsync app.3. "Mobile internet" in BTSync options. Do you mean the "Use mobile data" option on my android phone btsync app? as i dont see any mobile internet options on my synology nas app.4. i have a mac that i access the nas share that i backup my android phone to, and i dont see a .syncarchive on the nas share that is my destination for the backups. on the synology app i dont see a "sync_trash_ttl" optionbelow are some screenshots of the only options i see in the btsync app in synology Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RomanZ Posted June 23, 2014 Report Share Posted June 23, 2014 @oldschoola Both "folder_rescan_interval" and "sync_trash_ttl" are advanced preferences - and are not available in Linux GUI. They can be configured only via config file on Linux PC. .SyncArchive is a hidden folder. Try looking for it from terminal window with "ls -al" command or just enable showing hidden files in your shell. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldschoola Posted June 24, 2014 Author Report Share Posted June 24, 2014 whats the path of the config file that i need to change for the linux pc? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RomanZ Posted June 24, 2014 Report Share Posted June 24, 2014 @oldschoola There is a special mode of running BTSync - with a config file. To do it, you need to run BTSync with --config command:./btsync --config <path_and_name_of_config_file>You can get a sample config file if you run./btsync --dump-sample-config Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldschoola Posted June 25, 2014 Author Report Share Posted June 25, 2014 ramon thsank you for your conitnuing help. please remember that im running the synology nas application version.how would i run btsync with that config file if im not running btsync using that command at all Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RomanZ Posted June 25, 2014 Report Share Posted June 25, 2014 @oldschoola Are you using old unofficial Synology package? What is the version of BTSync packaged there? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kriss Posted July 18, 2014 Report Share Posted July 18, 2014 Can this setting "folder_rescan_interval" be made available in the WebUI ?? (where the upload and download limits can be configured)I tried to mess around in SSH on my Synology... however to no avail. I've spend many hours on installing Putty, learning SSH, JSON, configuring the NAS and reading lots about how to change this folder_rescan_interval but could never get it working :-(I have a Synology DS212 and a DS212j at my parents place and keep 10+ folders and 1TB+ of files in sync (with an additional 3 computers and a tablet).The DS212 is really suffering from the frequent rescans ... but the DS212j just can't handle it: too much memory load ... and it keeps repeating time and again. 10 minutes is way to short to plow through all these folders !(for my application a rescan of once per day would actually be sufficient)It is strange to me that the bandwidth limits are made available in the preferences window, but the scan_interval is omitted. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RomanZ Posted August 7, 2014 Report Share Posted August 7, 2014 @kriss Unfortunately this setting is not available in WebUI. Only via config. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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