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Upload speeds from Synology NAS - Dropbox slow vs much faster Google Drive
I have a Dropbox business account. I am trying to upload files directly from my Synology NAS to my Dropbox business account.
I am using FileStation on the Synology NAS to directly upload them t...
Rich
Super User II
Super User II
Round 7 Productions wrote:
Changing the bandwidth on the desktop app preferences makes no effect at all on this.
Nothing in the desktop application will have any effect on your NAS. There are no settings in Dropbox that will change the sync speed of your NAS. The Dropbox app on Synology isn't created by Dropbox. It's created by Synology and uses the Dropbox API. Dropbox can't provide support for it; only Synology can.
Also, keep in mind that when syncing to Dropbox you're not just uploading files. Each file is split into chunks, then each chunk is hashed, compressed, transferred, encrypted, and then finally stored on the servers. Because of all those steps, you won't see the same speed as a regular upload.
Thanks for the reply Rich!
Why am I getting faster speeds to Google Drive than Dropbox? Is it simply a different process and one is faster than the other? I've contacted both Synology support and Dropbox directly about this because this speed will inherently affect our workflow.
We're a video production company and we currently sync to Google every night. Sometimes this could be up to 3 TB depending on the type of film we capture. We've always had unlimited storage on GD, but they just reneged on that so now we're back to the drawing table. Dropbox seems great for our use case but this upload speed may be an issue. We currently have about 100TB that needs to be backed up and we only have 60 days to do it.
the problem is still here. I am having the same issue with upload speed.
I have the same issue happening.
I just ran a bunch of tests and here's what I'm finding... When I sync large files only using cloud sync on my Synology NAS my speeds are averaging around 1-2MB/s upload to Dropbox. When I do the same to Google Drive I get 5-10 MB/s. That's almost 5x faster to Google Drive!!! Changing the bandwidth on the desktop app preferences makes no effect at all on this. Can someone please help me!
This is the DropBox Account Sync:
This is the Google Drive Account Sync:
Why am I getting faster speeds to Google Drive than Dropbox? Is it simply a different process and one is faster than the other? I've contacted both Synology support and Dropbox directly about this because this speed will inherently affect our workflow.
We're a video production company and we currently sync to Google every night. Sometimes this could be up to 3 TB depending on the type of film we capture. We've always had unlimited storage on GD, but they just reneged on that so now we're back to the drawing table. Dropbox seems great for our use case but this upload speed may be an issue. We currently have about 100TB that needs to be backed up and we only have 60 days to do it.
I am in the same boat as you, I am trying to move over 100 TB of data from google drive (15 days left). I have tried contacting both Synology and Dropbox with zero help. Dropbox won't support Synology apps and Synology just blames it on your ISP. I tried uploading via the Dropbox desktop app and I still get the same speed. Dropbox doesn't have an answer. We are just stuck with these speeds.
- @Thanushan
Probably not best practice to mention another provider on this thread but maybe they’ll hear us if so… I tested Box last night and I got 2.5x the speeds I get with Dropbox. This speed thing is going to pose issues for us so I may have to switch. - I just wish GD didn’t go back on their word with unlimited storage. - Rich
Round 7 Productions wrote:
Why am I getting faster speeds to Google Drive than Dropbox? Is it simply a different process and one is faster than the other?
I can't answer that as I'm not familiar with how the sync process works for Drive.
I've contacted both Synology support and Dropbox directly about this ...It's unlikely that they'll be able to assist you. You're using an unofficial sync client that wasn't created by Dropbox.
