I decided to test Sync on a TrueCrypt file after making a rather sizable change to the file. Speaking of TrueCrypt, files created by this encryption tool are generally difficult for syncing tools (I’ve found Google Drive has serious difficulties with this). The file involved is an encrypted TrueCrypt file. The switch to a higher speed appears automatic (as long as the setting is enabled).
From a single source computer connected at 1gbs to a laptop connected by way of WiFi, the following speeds were observed in the sync tool: When the sync happens by way of a Local Network, BitTorrent Sync clearly uses a high speed to get data moved across the network. It might also make sense to simply put a space after every fifth character to make entering it in on other devices easy. One suggestion might be to offer a way to extract the key by email. This is fine, though typing it in manually on many devices might be a bit difficult. The key BitTorrent Sync is a little unruly and long. Already cool and interesting things are being done here, like a dead drop that has a Sync key. You can also control the direction of sync by creating read-only keys that, as you can imagine, don’t have the ability to modify the source folder. In each case, you’ll simply choose the folder where to place the files that stay updated. Every machine you set up after that just needs the key to start the synchronization. The first machine you setup creates a key for a sync folder. So, there is not sharing or directly linking to files stored in the cloud Sync is more of a data synchronization tool than is a cloud storage tool. While both tools do sync data, BitTorrent Sync has not no cloud storage component. I notice a number of blogs have characterized this tool as a “Dropbox Alternative”, which I feel is quite false. As a method of keeping data up-to-date on the go (without having that data reside in the cloud), this idea is a real winner. And, given the use of the P2P protocol, I can see multiple hosts in a group helping each other to sync data, speeding up the process considerably. That is quite amazing for a basic sync tool. For better security, all the traffic between devices is encrypted with AES cypher and a 256-bit key created on the base of a Secret – a random string (32 characters or more) that is unique for every folder. If your devices are on the same local network, BitTorrent Sync will use your LAN for faster synchronization. The devices you setup to sync are connected directly using UDP, NAT traversal, UPnP port mapping, and a relay server. How does this work? I’ll let Bittorrent describe the details of the product:īitTorrent Sync synchronizes your files using a peer-to-peer (P2P) protocol. The current Alpha version supports Windows, OS X, and Linux. The idea behind this tool is not to store your data in the cloud, but use the cloud to keep your data updated on multiple computers.
This new tool comes from the granddaddy of data movement on the Internet, BitTorrent. Today, I’m blessed to see one of the more compelling types of cloud synchronization applications out there. It seems as if a new service is released every day – sometimes very little fanfare. The massive number of cloud storage and synchronization applications available makes choosing one very difficult.
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