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And where are the files stored? If I create a 'Sync'ed file, switch off the computer and start the laptop, the file needs to be stored somewhere. And if this so
by yk 14y ago
And where are the files stored? If I create a 'Sync'ed file, switch off the computer and start the laptop, the file needs to be stored somewhere. And if this somewhere is the torrent swarm, then I would expect an interesting discussion on cryptography and (perhaps) fountain codes etc. ( Unfortunately the blog post [1] is even less detailed than OP's submission.)
[1] http://blog.bittorrent.com/2013/01/24/test-bittorrent-sync-pre-alpha/ http://blog.bittorrent.com/2013/01/24/test-bittorrent-sync-p...
- lloeki 14y agoI suppose it can be seen as twofold: 1. an AeroFS-like part, i.e your files reside only on your machines and are synced via a P2P protocol, so not-yet-synced files are unavailable when your source is offline (unless like AeroFS, they are opt-in stored in the cloud). 2. a content-hashing part, which means files on your machines that happen to have an identical file elsewhere can be obtained from that elsewhere, even if your machines are offline. Still, no source => no data, but that's a given. Technically, 1. is of course a special case of 2. It's just that AeroFS restricts peer requesting to your machines (and — optionally — their cloud storage).
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- k0ban 14y agoIt is stored only on your computers. So, it is up to you to make sure you have at least one machine up.
- Tichy 14y agoMaybe on a Rhaspberry Pi you keep running somewhere?