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It keeps copies on each machine independently, if you change the default behavior to keep those copies, to be clear. And Syncthing repeatedly and very explicit
by Groxx 4y ago
It keeps copies on each machine independently, if you change the default behavior to keep those copies, to be clear.
And Syncthing repeatedly and very explicitly warns that it is not a backup system, and you should have a separate backup running as well.
- dlyons 4y agoI've never seen these warnings, and I just checked their homepage: "Run it on your desktop computers and synchronize them with your server for backup."
- Groxx 4y agoI could swear it used to be more prominent, but: https://docs.syncthing.net/users/faq.html?highlight=backup#is-syncthing-my-ideal-backup-application https://docs.syncthing.net/users/faq.html?highlight=backup#i...
- dlyons 4y agoYeah, I agree with this. For the lay person it's not going to work for backup, you need something else to checkpoint the files. Versions, ZFS snapshots (what I do), git, bash scripts + Backblaze, whatever. Lots of people don't want to mess with this, which is what Dropbox used to solve for. Now you're constantly barraged with whatever new methods they are experimenting with to monetize. But we know that, so I regress. For those who don't mind a little extra work (I argue Backblaze is almost no work using their Web UI), syncthing is a really great solution.