Hi,

As the title suggests: what are alternatives to syncthing that are basically fire and forget, works on multiple device types, and just focuses on file syncing?

I’ve had over the months the weirdest problems with syncthing, and lately I noticed some of my photos got corrupted, which is an absolute no no for me. I use syncthing currently as a easy automatic backup of documents, photos and other files, between my PCs and my phones (they all send only to the server. Folders are not shared with other devices).

  • ZeDoTelhado@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
    4·
    23 days ago

    That is actually a good question, in this case the HDD is totally fine. Thing is, the photos only get corrupted very rarely (probably 1 every 3000 or so, and only sometimes) and often photos that got transfered several times to the phone (usually the problem is in the phone. On the desktop never had that)

    As for immich, I do know about of but seems to be a bit much for what I need (and only photos AFAIK)

      • ZeDoTelhado@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
        2·
        23 days ago

        Had a pixel 8, and now a new pixel 9a. I think the problem is actually a bit messy. On my house I have several access points. There is a chance when syncthing is working, and I am going up or down, phone changes the access point. Syncthing possibly gets a ’ oppsie, didn’t finish that! Let’s go for the next one’ kind of issue. Of course, never looked into logs or anything so this is just pure speculation.

        Usually the kind of corruption on the photos is the kind that beginning is always there, but at some point gets replaced with gray, hence my theory about the files.

        • AtariDump@lemmy.worldEnglish
          2·
          23 days ago

          Could be a bad AP.

          I once had a switch with a failing power supply that would corrupt MP3 artwork when writing to the MP3. That was a weird one to track down.

          • ZeDoTelhado@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
            2·
            22 days ago

            That sounds like a crazy story to find out what the issue was. As I stated somewhere on the thread, ram is not the issue, and the APS are quite new (Aruba stuff that is 1 and a half year old). And the only situation I get this issues is with my phones in specific. I will probably use the smb solution stated before and see how is goes. If the thing still happens, then is hunting time