From 5b8f6a2ed6312f4e5b268e7b2f66fe2423dfed13 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Gabe Venberg Date: Wed, 14 Feb 2024 14:47:29 -0600 Subject: [PATCH] added some content to syncthing post. --- content/posts/ferrisSweepKeyboard.adoc | 2 +- content/posts/syncthing.adoc | 57 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2 files changed, 58 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/content/posts/ferrisSweepKeyboard.adoc b/content/posts/ferrisSweepKeyboard.adoc index ffab463..b57b66c 100644 --- a/content/posts/ferrisSweepKeyboard.adoc +++ b/content/posts/ferrisSweepKeyboard.adoc @@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ so you dont have to do this every time you reflash your keyboard) == Layout I wasnt feeling quite adventurous enough to switch away from qwerty, -but, the Sweep being a 36-key board, some layout adjustment would be needed. +but, the Sweep being a 34-key board, some layout adjustment would be needed. I took the Sweeps https://github.com/qmk/qmk_firmware/tree/master/keyboards/ferris/keymaps/default[default layout] and used the https://config.qmk.fm/[QMK configurator] to customize it. diff --git a/content/posts/syncthing.adoc b/content/posts/syncthing.adoc index ce1ff03..a53832f 100644 --- a/content/posts/syncthing.adoc +++ b/content/posts/syncthing.adoc @@ -10,3 +10,60 @@ draft = true :warning-caption: pass:[⚠] :toc: :toclevels: 6 + +https://syncthing.net/[Syncthing] is one of the best file syncing tools in existence, +and I dont say that lightly. +Syncthing is a distributed, peer to peer file syncing service. +This means that it doesnt rely on a central, always online server ran by you or someone else, +but that your devices directly send files between themselves whenever they are online at the same time. + +== Syncthing vs Nextcloud + +I use both Syncthing and Nextcloud for data storage and syncing, +and while nextcloud has a lot of features and provides a nice web interface, +(I get a lot of use out of Nextcloud's caldav server) +I keep running into problems and limitations with it. +One thing is maintenance. Of my entire homelab, +I easily spend the most time troubleshooting and fixing nextcloud, +sometimes having to reboot the VM multiple times per week. +Additionally, ive ran into a few annoying limitations more than once, +such as the sever crashing if you view a folder with too many files in the web interface or apps. +Nextcloud does a lot of things, and does things very well, +but I would not describe it as a rock solid piece of software. + +Syncthing, on the other hand, has no web file manager, +does not do caldav or any of the other million things you can do with nextcloud apps, +and requires setup on both ends to setup a syncing connection. +In short, Syncthing does only one thing. +But boy does it do that thing well. +During the time Ive used Syncthing, +Ive never seen it crash, hang, or corrupt a file. +Even with a device like my phone, +constantly loosing and regaining network access, +files have synced perfectly, every time. + +While all my files are stored on my Nextcloud server, +for folders with large number of files, +I only have one device syncing with Nextcloud, +and all other devices use Syncthing to sync with the device connected to Nextcloud. + +== Distributed? + +With Dropbox or Google drive, files are not sent directly between your devices, +but are sent from one device to the server, +then from the server to other devices. +This also applies to Nextcloud, +the only difference being who runs and controls the server. +With Syncthing, there is no central, authoritative server storing the 'master copy' of your files that other devices download from. +Instead, devices all connect to each other, sending changes made on one device to all other devices they share that file with. +This makes all of your devices into a cluster, where no device has to always be online, +but any devices that happen to be online at the same time synchronize while they can. + +== Introducers + +If you have a lot of devices, making sure every device is connected to every other device can become a hassle. +Thankfully, Syncthing has the concept of 'introducer' devices. +In short, With an introducer, you only need to connect your devices to the introducer, +and the introducer will make connections between any devices that share the same folder with the introducer. +This is very useful, for example, to enable for a always online storage server, +an architecture that I plan to implement in the future if I ever get around to moving away from Nextcloud.