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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...
Thanks for your reply Hannah
Just so I understand how Dropbox uploads: will it take longer to upload lots of individual files vs uploading large single files?
I've had another look and it appears that when I upload folders with lots of small files, I get super slow speeds (around 4-10MB/s), but when I upload large video files, it absoltely flys through the uploads, hitting over 115MB/s. Is this in relation to the tasks you mentioned before (i.e. it has to compress, transfer and encrypt each file which takes longer to do for lots of small files vs fewer larger ones)?
And does Dropbox order the files in a specific way - does it upload smallest files first and larger ones after?
Hannah
Dropbox Staff
Dropbox StaffIndeed, when the Dropbox application syncs, it starts with all the folders and then syncs the files from the smallest to the largest.
Also, the transfer speed depends on how quickly your computer processes and compresses the components of the files to make them available to be uploaded.
The app will also upload smaller files into batches of 800 files. So, if you have 800 * 1 kB files, the actual batch that's sent to Dropbox will be 800 kB in size and so on.
That's why it might seem more time consuming.
I hope this makes sense!
Also, the transfer speed depends on how quickly your computer processes and compresses the components of the files to make them available to be uploaded.
The app will also upload smaller files into batches of 800 files. So, if you have 800 * 1 kB files, the actual batch that's sent to Dropbox will be 800 kB in size and so on.
That's why it might seem more time consuming.
I hope this makes sense!
- I’m currently experiencing the exact same issue. Did it end up clearing up for you and return to your normal speeds?
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:
- Rich
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.
