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Syncthing is more of a synchronization tool and less of a backup tool. For e.g., if I screwed up a file on one machine, that will automatically be replicated to
by 6ak74rfy 5y ago
Syncthing is more of a synchronization tool and less of a backup tool. For e.g., if I screwed up a file on one machine, that will automatically be replicated to other machines. Dropbox, on the other hand, "can" be used as a backup tool because I can go and recover an older version if I want.
I do know that Syncthing has a way to keep older file versions around for awhile but I find that a bit cumbersome to use, especially during restore.
So, I am curious to understand more on how you use Syncthing as a replacement to Dropbox. (I'd love to do the same but don't for reasons I wrote above.)
- js8 5y agoI don't see why should Syncthing be a complete replacement for Dropbox (Unix principles blah blah blah). It's probably not hard to set up a periodic backup (for example, Borg) on one of the replicated machines. At home, I replicate everything on my phone and netbook to a (bigger) desktop machine, so I could just add a periodic backup job there.
- Macha 5y agoTurn on staggered file versioning. If you need to go back to an older version, pick it in .stversions . If anything, this seems simpler than dropbox for me. Does Dropbox still make you use the web UI to restore old versions?
- kuroguro 5y agoYep, still have to use the web UI. Just switched to syncthing from dropbox a month ago, been awesome so far!