jochen Posted December 2, 2014 Report Share Posted December 2, 2014 My btsync is constantly causing low traffic, even if all files are in sync. What is it doing? Is it constantly pinging other peers? This is draining my laptop battery. How can I avoid this? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GreatMarko Posted December 2, 2014 Report Share Posted December 2, 2014 Try turning off the per-folder "Search LAN" setting (and use pre-defined hosts if necessary) Also, there are a few advanced settings you can check/tweak which may reduce battery consumption on your laptop:Set "disk_low_priority" to "true"Set "lan_encrypt_data" to "false"Set "profiler_enabled" to "false"Increase the value of "folder_rescan_interval" from the default of 600 (seconds) - try 1200 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Tonge Posted March 28, 2015 Report Share Posted March 28, 2015 I'll echo this concern. I'm running a Sony VAIO Duo 13 with a Core i7, which I specifically bought for its excellent battery life (8-10 hrs). I have Dropbox installed as well, which doesn't seem to impact battery life much at all, even with an extremely fast refresh/rescan rate (typically less than 30 sec). When I have BTSync running with a similar refresh rate, it kills the battery in around 4 hrs. Don't get me wrong, I love BTSync. It is certainly the direction I wanted sync services to go, rather than leaving sensitive data on an 3rd-party server somewhere. I love the new features of 2.0, but the battery issue is still a problem for me. I typically have to terminate BTSync when I'm not actively using it, just to conserve battery life. I hope power use optimization is still considered a priority issue for the developers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jochen Posted March 28, 2015 Author Report Share Posted March 28, 2015 I think the problem is that btsync is acting as a relais as soon as you use a tracker. And without tracker, only predefined hosts, btsync does not work reliable.I'm on the way to switch my sync to unison. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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