tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2635445209720689121.post7723993091976141315..comments2024-03-11T04:35:42.871-07:00Comments on ParFunc: Revisiting Google-Drive a year later: Still not ready for intensive use. Benchmark against AeroFS and BitTorrent Sync.Ryan Newtonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15916639901554711946noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2635445209720689121.post-50247670961948695692016-12-01T09:05:17.762-08:002016-12-01T09:05:17.762-08:00Hi guys,
Thank you so much for this wonderful art...Hi guys,<br />Thank you so much for this wonderful article really!<br />If someone want to know more about the <a href="http://www.cloudsfer.com" rel="nofollow"> Move Files Between Cloud Services </a> I think this is the right place for you!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08716868823293642988noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2635445209720689121.post-85633299922707256242015-03-29T12:53:42.228-07:002015-03-29T12:53:42.228-07:00Maybe take a look at https://github.com/syncthing/...Maybe take a look at https://github.com/syncthing/syncthing too.<br /><br />Opensource, and getting a lot of attention<br /><br />I'm considering switching from Unison, because I want something more robust in terms of "always-on" and auto-resumption.Matthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17962717875969749100noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2635445209720689121.post-75553328071452355772015-03-08T22:44:40.171-07:002015-03-08T22:44:40.171-07:00Actually, it seems Unison now has fswatch support ...Actually, it seems Unison now has fswatch support baked in, so that's nice!<br /><br />http://www.seas.upenn.edu/~bcpierce/unison//download/releases/beta/unison-manual.html#newsMatthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17962717875969749100noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2635445209720689121.post-26546749397678964132014-07-27T07:36:15.861-07:002014-07-27T07:36:15.861-07:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07325377375676202194noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2635445209720689121.post-58380125020050668512014-03-13T13:36:48.838-07:002014-03-13T13:36:48.838-07:00Very nice post and you're spot on. I keep wait...Very nice post and you're spot on. I keep waiting for someone to build an opensource cross-platform syncing tool using OS-monitoring APIs and backing up to cloud APIs...Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08252073316655757605noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2635445209720689121.post-57050195439340887382014-03-10T08:09:52.801-07:002014-03-10T08:09:52.801-07:00How fast was your computer? Either AeroFS got *muc...How fast was your computer? Either AeroFS got *much* faster, or your CPU is slower. Apparently, syncing small files is CPU bound, but the performance I saw was ~100 times better on Gigabit Ethernet — so I guess the overhead would be acceptable over the Internet.<br /><br />My only gripe is that symlinks aren't transferred, so I'm gonna try this gist to work around that: https://gist.github.com/kogir/5417236. (Alternatively, since AeroFS treats timestamps correctly, one can also run rsync on the results).<br /><br />I've tried AeroFS 0.8.8 here (very unscientifically) to move 6G between my computers, including a few source code trees, for a total of 38184 files, over Gigabit Ethernet (over Thunderbolt). This was between an iMac 2013 with a 2.5GHz Intel i5 CPU (quad core, Fusion Drive) and a rMBP 2013 with a 2.6GHz Intel i5 CPU (dual core + multithreading, a pure SSD), both with OS X 10.9.2.<br /><br />Since that transfer felt quite fast, I've done some unscientific benchmarking with another source tree. Size:<br /><br />$ du -sh Sorgenti/Delite/<br />751M Sorgenti/Delite/<br />$ find Sorgenti/Delite/|wc -l<br /> 36727<br />$ find Sorgenti/Delite/ -type f|wc -l<br /> 34311<br /><br />This data was transferred in ~4 minutes, less than half the time you report for ~10x more files and ~70x more data. The used bandwidth oscillated around 1MB/s and 10MB/s, while for the previous transfer (which also included huge files) I've seen even 100/150 MB/s (close to Gigabit Ethernet bandwidth).<br /><br />The process was absolutely CPU-bound (at least on the on the receiving computer), with aerofsd using 100% CPU.<br /><br />Since both computers are mine and realistically I'll be using one at a time, right now AeroFS seems the best approach. But I'll have to see how it behaves without a direct Gigabit Ethernet connection.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04485097839438234853noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2635445209720689121.post-75457106890985945482014-01-25T11:19:14.415-08:002014-01-25T11:19:14.415-08:00wow - thank god I'm not alone here - I've ...wow - thank god I'm not alone here - I've been going nuts the last few days reevaluating Drive because I thought putting it down for a year or two might do the trick. yeah right... i had to resort to creating a daemon just to keep the damn app alive esp during large syncs as mention. now it's stuck on "Syncing 1 of 1" and for the life of me can't figure out which file it is as all the files have checkmarks and the 2 enclosing folders have blue sync icons.Dancin Foreverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01860943286999714399noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2635445209720689121.post-15707026244725647612014-01-14T13:14:37.557-08:002014-01-14T13:14:37.557-08:00Worst thing about Google Drive is asking you if yo...Worst thing about Google Drive is asking you if you want to move files to the Trash each time and requiring you to confirm yes or no on its stupid pop up! so annoying!prwhiteheadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12084453438467479069noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2635445209720689121.post-18295691358659158792013-11-24T01:41:35.720-08:002013-11-24T01:41:35.720-08:00Nice post Ryan. I'm struggling with the same r...Nice post Ryan. I'm struggling with the same requirements as you are (running OS X) though.<br /><br />Torn between Dropbox and BTsync at the moment.Matthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17962717875969749100noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2635445209720689121.post-56519376230058613652013-10-07T05:33:16.584-07:002013-10-07T05:33:16.584-07:00Thanks for this write-up!
I was also hoping that ...Thanks for this write-up!<br /><br />I was also hoping that Google would know it out of the park, but was similarly disappointed already with its basic lack of robustness: http://cpbotha.net/2012/04/27/google-drive-not-reliable-yet-but-potential/<br /><br />Recently I moved all my data away from my Dropbox Pro account due to privacy concerns ( http://cpbotha.net/2013/09/15/dear-usa-my-data-has-left-your-building/ ) and am now using bittorrent sync between my various workstations, laptops and a synology NAS. My largest sync repo has over 120k files of varying sizes (about 50G).<br /><br />I really like bittorrent's peer-to-peer syncing (my NAS is not beefy enough to act as the central node for everything), but even with version 1.1.70 btsync often gets stuck on some files, or, is some really irritating cases, manages to get my git repo object store and working dir out of sync (not 100% sure, but it almost looks like it somehow reverts to an older version of the index).<br /><br />For me a very important use case is the one where I get up from my workstation, and continue working on the same code on my laptop. Dropbox handled this flawlessly for years, but btsync drops the ball every now and then.<br /><br />I'm hoping that btsync 1.2 fixes more of these bugs, otherwise I'm also going to have to continue searching for alternatives. Before dropbox I also used to use unison, but indeed the manual sync was quite inconvenient. Still, it was rock solid.<br />Charl P. Bothahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03073176243196282246noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2635445209720689121.post-13135527025168061172013-08-19T01:27:56.907-07:002013-08-19T01:27:56.907-07:00I rather prefer the mass notifications as it te...I rather prefer the <a href="http://www.reachplus.com/" rel="nofollow"> mass notifications </a> as it tells me that whats new happened! <br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06626255208450607496noreply@blogger.com