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0 pointsabalone12y ago0 comments

That's fine, but call it what it is. I only objected to calling it a "replacement". There's a big functional difference between P2P and centralized architectures.

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pessimizer12y ago· 2 in thread

It seems as if you explained that it was useful as an always on central server to replace Dropbox, though.

abaloneOP12y ago

Yes, absolutely. But that is a significantly greater requirement, each end user or workgroup running their own server. I'm not sure why I'm getting downvoted for pointing that out. It's not an apples-to-apples replacement.

This + a hosting provider would be more like an actual Dropbox replacement (e.g. owncloud.org links to a bunch of hosts).

pessimizer12y ago

That's not what I'm looking for. I do have a computer at home that is always on.

edit: Do people generally still turn off their home computers?

edit2: After thinking about it - what you seem to be describing is an alternative and not just a replacement. I want to replace the service that Dropbox offers with one of my own, I don't want to switch to an alternative Dropbox clone service.

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sauyon12y ago

Syncthing is less purely peer-to-peer. It's easy enough set up a central server and have your devices only sync to that server because of the way connections are made.

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