Real-time synchronization
Real-time synchronization
When you're talking about real-time sync, it should be instantaneous, right? I mean, if you add a file, it should go straight to replication. Except that I've seen quite a few problems with this here, like tasks that go to “Monitoring” but don't copy anything at all. The system seems to detect the changes, but nothing happens afterwards... Frankly, it makes me wonder. Is the “real-time sync” function really up to scratch, or is it just a marketing gimmick? Any feedback on specific configurations?
Re: Real-time synchronization
BestSync's real-time sync accepts the change notification from the Windows OS.
However, the change notification may be caused by the synchronization action (reflection from the other side).
The notification may contain many combined changes such as Microsoft Office software saves files like the following:
Save the file to a temporary file, then rename the temporary file to the target file.
So, BestSync does not synchronize files as notifications; it waits for some seconds to filter the change notifications, detects the real changed files, and then synchronizes the changed files.
Please note that real-time synchronization only applies if one of the sync-folder is a local file system (NTFS file system, network shared folder of Windows shared folders) because only local file systems notify file changes; other file systems only loop in seconds if real-time mode is selected.
However, the change notification may be caused by the synchronization action (reflection from the other side).
The notification may contain many combined changes such as Microsoft Office software saves files like the following:
Save the file to a temporary file, then rename the temporary file to the target file.
So, BestSync does not synchronize files as notifications; it waits for some seconds to filter the change notifications, detects the real changed files, and then synchronizes the changed files.
Please note that real-time synchronization only applies if one of the sync-folder is a local file system (NTFS file system, network shared folder of Windows shared folders) because only local file systems notify file changes; other file systems only loop in seconds if real-time mode is selected.