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feklee's avatar
feklee
Helpful | Level 6
4 months ago

The syncing on my headless Linux setup is quite slow.

I am running Dropbox under Arch Linux on a Hetzner server in a datacenter in Finland. Ocasionally I do data processing on the server because it's a fast machine. Sometimes uploads of these changes to...
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Nancy's avatar
Nancy
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Hi feklee, and welcome back to our Community. 

 

I did a bit of searching in our system and I could locate your current ticket. 

 

Since your case is being handled by our advanced team, I’d still recommend continuing the support interaction with them directly. 

 

I’ve also gone ahead and left an internal message for them to see and get back to you as soon as possible.

 

For anything else, I’ll be right here.

feklee's avatar
feklee
Helpful | Level 6
4 months ago

Thank you, Nancy! It's not super urgent, but I hope that there will be a solution eventually. It's a recurring issue.

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    feklee
    Helpful | Level 6
    4 months ago

    I did get another response from support, but it's as before: no explanation, just the recommendation to reinstall Dropbox

     

    This is completely intransparent. I'm not sure if I should trust my data to Dropbox any longer.

    • feklee's avatar
      feklee
      Helpful | Level 6
      3 months ago

      The issue was never resolved. So, after being a customer since 2008, I finally pulled the plug. There doesn't seem to be any development of the Dropbox core functionality anymore. (still no ARM support, despites people begging for it since years, and only support for Ext4)

       

      I switched to syncing my data with Syncthing, which I have been testing thoroughly over the past ten months. This is not a cheaper solution, as I have to pay rent for my server, but it is more robust and transparent, and it is compatible with many more platforms than Dropbox.

       

      I am doing some final cleanup steps using Dropbox's web interface, and there is an issue again. This just reaffirms my decision.

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