Sumyun Gi Posted January 25, 2017 Report Share Posted January 25, 2017 I'm evaluating Sync as an alternative to Dropbox. We have 3 Windows PCs (Vista through 8), two Windows 8 laptops, one iPhone, and one Android phone. We currently have all of these devices synced to Dropbox, with each device selectively synced to the folders it needs. I work from home a lot and am allowed to cache company files on my laptop and Dropbox, provided each is not accessible to my family or outsiders. (The requirement is that the data is encrypted in motion and at rest, and password protected.) Between home and work, we have about 500 GB of data now, which could maybe grow to 1 TB within 2 years. My use case: I would to get all this off Dropbox and set up a home "cloud" equivalent. I would like to set up a cheap, low-power-consumption server that could run 24/7 or as needed, with an encrypted partition, a folder for my family, a folder for each user, a password-protected folder for my work stuff, and then selectively sync each device to the appropriate share/folder structure on the server. IOW, the server would replace Dropbox storage, and Sync would replace the Dropbox sync client. I'm having difficulty finding a well-reviewed, low-consumption server for this, but thought one of the Sync-supported NAS devices might suffice. I don't want to SMB mount it; I just want to tell the Sync client on each device to sync certain folders from that device to the server. I don't know whether any of the supported devices have disk encryption yet. The key here is a drop-in replacement for Dropbox with the additional security needed for work files. In your opinion, does Sync support this use case? Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ultrakyo Posted January 26, 2017 Report Share Posted January 26, 2017 Resilio works the same way in PC or NAS and you will not be using SMB mount to sync your NAS folder. https://www.resilio.com/blog/bittorrent-sync-announces-support-for-network-attached-storage-nas Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Helen Posted January 27, 2017 Report Share Posted January 27, 2017 With Sync you can add a few folder and share each with other peers (the peers who have access to one share create a mesh, and connect to each other as well). Add a folder and share it with family members. Ass folder2 - share it with office PC, etc. On either peer you can enable Selective Sync (Pro feature) and selectively download only wanted files. Sync transfers files encrypted, but Sync does not set any passwords to a separate share on a device. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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