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bigsky
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7 years ago

An Official Client for Synology NAS Devices

Hi all,   I use Dropbox daily and I love it. As a part of my current setup, I sync the entirety of my Dropbox folder to my Synology NAS device, in order to have all of my data available to me loc...
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bigsky
Helpful | Level 6
7 years ago

Hi,

Well, for start, Cloud Sync bases its sync mechanism (in essence, determining when a file has changed) on file modification dates, rather than more reliable methods such as MD5 checksums. From Syno's whitepaper:

Moreover, I'm not sure if Cloud Sync properly supports Dropbox's Delta (incremental, block-based) Sync - I have a sense that even when there's a minor modification to a file, Cloud Sync downloads or uploads the file in entirety, again.

Thanks!

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