A decade ago I used BitTorrent Sync. Then it became Resilio Sync. Then with Resilio Sync 2 they nerfed the free app to a point that I just removed that from all my computers and switched to syncthing.
Yesterday I was watching my server struggling when syncthing was doing the periodic scan of a directory with hundreds of thousands of files and then i thought, “maybe Resilio Sync uses less resources or doesn’t waste time reindexing a static directory for the nth time”
I went to see their website and now with the new version 3, all the features are back. The business plan now is to sell the app to enterprises at unaffordable prices rather to persuade consumers to pay a subscription to self host their syncing server
I wanted to try it but now they say docker version is discontinued, need to install the package to bare metal. Ugh… So I desisted and decided to stay with syncthing
Now with the news of the impending discontinuation of syncthing android app, everything changes. Without Android support, syncthing is no more irreplaceable for me.
We have been using Resilio Sync 2 for years in our family and recently upgraded to Sync 3. We only have thousands, not millions of files in sync, but for those I like about it that in my experience Resilio Sync “just works”… regardless of firewalls, getting a new computer, accessing or storing files on mobile etc.
I also run the Linux version on an always-on server for better syncing and you can leave it running for weeks on end without issues.
My experience has been pretty good. In terms of functionality they both effectively do the same thing, but the one thing that makes Resilio Sync slightly nicer than syncthing is that I can just give out key for directory that I want to share - similar to a torrent magnet hash. Whereas with syncthing I have to connect and allow multiple devices together in order to sync between them - with Resilio Sync I just give out key and device can start downloading/seeding content. That may not be a big deal if you have a few personal devices, but if you’re distributing files with a number of devices you don’t know (as you typically do when torrenting) then you can just leave key out for anyone who wants the content.
As an added bonus, compared to a traditional bit torrent client, Resilio Sync allows you to update the content in a given directory and the users in the swarm will also get the new content without any additional work.
So far myself and a small private community are using it to archive about 2.5Tib worth of data that continues to get regularly updated - never once had an issue.
One other nice thing with Resilio Sync is that it supports selective sync on an easy per-folder/file basis. While you can sort of do this with Syncthing by using ignore lists, it’s much easier with Resilio since you can just right-click/open files you want to keep on your device.
I have, I bought it all the way back when it still was bittorent sync. I’ve had some quite terrible glitches that required completely resetting it a couple times but I think they’ve figured things out now.
Also, just run the old docker, it’s compatible. Note you may want to double check if it’s secure tho
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We have been using Resilio Sync 2 for years in our family and recently upgraded to Sync 3. We only have thousands, not millions of files in sync, but for those I like about it that in my experience Resilio Sync “just works”… regardless of firewalls, getting a new computer, accessing or storing files on mobile etc.
I also run the Linux version on an always-on server for better syncing and you can leave it running for weeks on end without issues.
I only used it to download certain Star Wars versions, because these nice gentlemen couldn’t be bothered to use real torrents.
No idea how you would use that as a Syncthing replacement though.
Last time I checked the demastered movies were distributed via torrent. Are they not anymore?
I mean the 4K77 Project stuff. They have everything on their own forum and only offer Resilio downloads.
Thank you, I didn’t know about the 4kxx projects.
It can do sync jobs in a very similar way as syncthing.
But I find Resilio to use more RAM because it stores the file DB in RAM. This kills a phone, but isn’t a big issue for a desktop.
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My experience has been pretty good. In terms of functionality they both effectively do the same thing, but the one thing that makes Resilio Sync slightly nicer than syncthing is that I can just give out key for directory that I want to share - similar to a torrent magnet hash. Whereas with syncthing I have to connect and allow multiple devices together in order to sync between them - with Resilio Sync I just give out key and device can start downloading/seeding content. That may not be a big deal if you have a few personal devices, but if you’re distributing files with a number of devices you don’t know (as you typically do when torrenting) then you can just leave key out for anyone who wants the content.
As an added bonus, compared to a traditional bit torrent client, Resilio Sync allows you to update the content in a given directory and the users in the swarm will also get the new content without any additional work.
So far myself and a small private community are using it to archive about 2.5Tib worth of data that continues to get regularly updated - never once had an issue.
One other nice thing with Resilio Sync is that it supports selective sync on an easy per-folder/file basis. While you can sort of do this with Syncthing by using ignore lists, it’s much easier with Resilio since you can just right-click/open files you want to keep on your device.
I have, I bought it all the way back when it still was bittorent sync. I’ve had some quite terrible glitches that required completely resetting it a couple times but I think they’ve figured things out now.
Also, just run the old docker, it’s compatible. Note you may want to double check if it’s secure tho
yes but the old docker requires the old licenses that aren’t on sale anymore to share more than 10 directories or other QOL improvements
Ah, yea fair. I bought my license a long time ago. I’ve never looked back
@Moonrise2473@feddit.it Fwiw, LinuxServer still maintains a resilio-sync docker image for 3.0.0. They are fairly trustworthy.
https://hub.docker.com/r/linuxserver/resilio-sync
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that’s good, didn’t notice that