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IIRC, Syncthing is decentralized P2P and synchronizes standard tree(ish) filesystems (like most similar projects). Perkeep does away with the filesystem and ins

by qaute 8y ago

IIRC, Syncthing is decentralized P2P and synchronizes standard tree(ish) filesystems (like most similar projects). Perkeep does away with the filesystem and instead uses a blob-based merkle-tree-like system with good properties for very long term archival (and as a side effect, can also use P2P and multiple encrypted cloud backups easily). So Syncthing can copy preexisting file structures and fits in usual workflows, but Perkeep has some data storage benefits. I don't know how their performance compares.

eximius 8y ago
When you say P2P, it's only in a technical sense of not having centralized servers, right? I don't want to interact with nodes I don't own, for my particular use case.
- hellcow 8y ago
  That's correct. It only syncs between nodes you configure.
- puetzk 8y ago
  If your nodes have direct network access to each other, no. But if two nodes that have added each other's keys cannot reach each other directly (e.g. are in separate private networks/behind firewalls/etc) but both can reach an external relay server, it may act as a dumb pipe bouncing encrypted traffic between them. https://docs.syncthing.net/users/relaying.html https://docs.syncthing.net/users/relaying.html There is a public pool of such relay servers (https://relays.syncthing.net/ https://relays.syncthing.net/), and by default syncthing will reach out and connect/announce its itself there so other nodes looking for it could contact it via a relay. You can host your own relay server and configure your clients to use it exclusively: https://docs.syncthing.net/users/strelaysrv.html#client-configuration https://docs.syncthing.net/users/strelaysrv.html#client-conf... or if you only want syncing when your nodes are on the same local network you should be able to just not configure any relays at all.

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IIRC, Syncthing is decentralized P2P and synchronizes standard tree(ish) filesystems (like most similar projects). Perkeep does away with the filesystem and ins

by qaute 8y ago

eximius 8y ago
When you say P2P, it's only in a technical sense of not having centralized servers, right? I don't want to interact with nodes I don't own, for my particular use case.
- hellcow 8y ago
  That's correct. It only syncs between nodes you configure.
- puetzk 8y ago
  If your nodes have direct network access to each other, no. But if two nodes that have added each other's keys cannot reach each other directly (e.g. are in separate private networks/behind firewalls/etc) but both can reach an external relay server, it may act as a dumb pipe bouncing encrypted traffic between them. https://docs.syncthing.net/users/relaying.html https://docs.syncthing.net/users/relaying.html There is a public pool of such relay servers (https://relays.syncthing.net/ https://relays.syncthing.net/), and by default syncthing will reach out and connect/announce its itself there so other nodes looking for it could contact it via a relay. You can host your own relay server and configure your clients to use it exclusively: https://docs.syncthing.net/users/strelaysrv.html#client-configuration https://docs.syncthing.net/users/strelaysrv.html#client-conf... or if you only want syncing when your nodes are on the same local network you should be able to just not configure any relays at all.