Doppelganger Posted April 10, 2017 Report Share Posted April 10, 2017 What can be said about the ability of Sync to handle extremely poor and unreliable network conditions? A normal BitTorrent download can typically be interrupted and restarted without losing what has already been downloaded. But I am trying to use Sync to move files internationally while using slow or unreliable WiFi connections and have found that Sync must "start over" from zero when the transfer of a big file is interrupted. I was hoping that it would be more robust. Could somebody comment on this or point me to any existing threads or resources about this issue? Thank you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doppelganger Posted April 24, 2017 Author Report Share Posted April 24, 2017 Anybody? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miyo Posted May 12, 2017 Report Share Posted May 12, 2017 In my experience on large files and slow connections, there was no need to start over. When the connection is back, Sync always picks up where it ended. Please not that in the UI (on Windows) it looks like it's starting over (actually it is starting over, but only for the bytes that were left unsynced) - the progress circle in the Status column always starts at 0% after interruption. But if you hover mouse over it you will see the details and the remaining time getting shorter every time the progress continues. Try it out yourself, I think you'll be satisfied with the results -- but probably not with the info you get from the UI, because it's not telling everything. You can also try it on a good connection, using "Pause" and "Resume" - the behaviour is the same, it always gets back to 0% but continues to sync from where it left. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doppelganger Posted May 25, 2017 Author Report Share Posted May 25, 2017 Thank you. I have re-evaluated it and it seems to be as you say. The new v2.5.x UI may also show more accurate information. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miyo Posted May 25, 2017 Report Share Posted May 25, 2017 Great, I'm glad you came to the same conclusions. Thanks for your feedback! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aerootur Posted July 19, 2017 Report Share Posted July 19, 2017 I just tried the latest one. Guys that's bad. I just removed the network cable for couple of secs and the sync was restarted. Originally I wanted to sync 200GB+ but seems I cannot do with this tool. I really thought that this is kind of a basic or even base feature to resume the transfer where it left off. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Helen Posted July 21, 2017 Report Share Posted July 21, 2017 Sync does resumes syncing from where it was interrupted. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aerootur Posted July 24, 2017 Report Share Posted July 24, 2017 My bad, works as Miyo wrote. Thanks for the clarification! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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