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Syncing local server with seedbox (lemmy.world)
submitted 2 years ago by Meltrax@lemmy.world to c/selfhosted@lemmy.world
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I torrent to a seedbox, and said seedbox has great access tools and you can install plenty of useful applications like Resilio Sync, Syncthing, etc.

My local server is running Fedora Server OS. I'd like to get an automated 1-way sync up and running, but I'm having a lot of trouble. I was using Syncthing in the past, but it's really not meant for one way syncs and caused some issues. I've been trying to set up Resilio Sync, but on Linux I cannot figure out how to get access to the web UI. Resilio's own documentation is frustratingly obtuse - it's great for setting up the service under systemd but then basically has nothing about how to actually get webui access from another machine on the local network, excrot for a reference to a command that doesn't actually exist.

If anyone either 1) knows how to set up Resilio Sync on a Linux machine such that I can hit the web UI from another machine on my local network or 2) had a better way to set up 1-way sync between my seedbox and my local server, I would love to learn!

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[–] ThillyGooth@lemmy.world 15 points 2 years ago

Rsync is what you're after, especially if you're moving large files. I regularly transfer hundreds of gb using rsync and it's great.

[–] just_another_person@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Rsync or Rclone.

[–] Meltrax@lemmy.world 0 points 2 years ago (4 children)

My understanding of rsync was that it was pretty painfully slow.

[–] JovialSodium@lemmy.sdf.org 14 points 2 years ago

I use rsync for this purpose and the only notable bottleneck is my download speed, fwiw.

[–] shadow_wanker@lemmy.world 12 points 2 years ago

I don't know if this applies to you, but don't use the compression flag (-z) for files that already is compressed (like video). The transfer will get CPU bound quickly if you have a fast internet connection.

I went from 13 Mbytes/s to 200 by removing the -z flag, and the compression ratio was non-existant anyway.

[–] johntash@eviltoast.org 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

The only time rsync is really slow is when your dealing with millions of small files since it only transfers a single file at a time.

rclone is better in that respect since it transfers multiple files in parallel. I don't think the speed of a single transfer is going to differ much.

[–] Meltrax@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago

That must have been it, appreciate the clarification.

[–] VelociCatTurd@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago

https://github.com/ipsingh06/seedsync

[–] Andromxda@lemmy.dbzer0.com 0 points 2 years ago (2 children)

I'm very happy with Syncthing, you can configure how you want the sync to work (e.g. one-way sync, two-way sync, etc.), the web GUI is pretty good and it's not that hard to set up. I got the idea from this video back when I initially set up my seedbox, have been using this solution ever since and encountered any issues.

[–] Meltrax@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I've used it in the past, but they are deprecating one-way ignore-delete syncing.

[–] relaymoth@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Do you have a source for that? I’m using syncthing for this exact purpose.

[–] Meltrax@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

An explanation from one of the maintainers explaining why they removed the toggle from the UI and try to hide it from users because it's going to be deprecated eventually:

https://forum.syncthing.net/t/ignore-delete/15414

[–] relaymoth@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 years ago

Thanks! I didn't find this when searching. Guess I’ll be searching for another solution for my setup.

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