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Too high disk activity
While I'm using my computer normally without touching anything Dropbox related, the Dropbox process (I have a system monitor installed that shows disk usage and which process is using it the most amo...
Sanchez
Dropbox Staff
Dropbox Staff
In my case this is only an issue on startup, dropbox uses 100% disk usage for ages.
I have a large set of many small files which rarely change, but every time dropbox starts it needs to check whether any files have changed. As an aside, I'm using smart sync so most of the files are 0b. So even with an SSD things slow down, it's not the amount of data being read it's the number of reads.
Anyhow my workaround is to delay running dropbox after startup. At least this way I've got a chance to open whatever programs I need before dropbox spools up. Once programs are open I don't need the disk so much. You can find third party apps to delay startup but you don't need that. In the dropbox app, I disabled "run on startup", and then created a task (task manager) to run dropbox 30 minutes after log on.
- I need my disk at all times unfortunately. It is just not good enough. My final solution was to get rid and buy Office 365 which comes with free 1TB space. Never an issue... Although it is a bit slower to upload/download, it is much more reliable. I also don't get any unknowingly deleted flies. . Sorry dropbox but you lost a loyal customer.
