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One gripe I have with ignore errors - is it'll also ignore "The following folders are significantly different"

Nice safety feature in case source gets hammered by mass file deletion or ransomware.

Not sure if related or might assist someone else.

I cut down on FreeFileSync errors - before first sync I make sure to right click drive letter I'll make the destination - Properties - Security - Advanced
Then add FULL control
System
Administrators (Local pc)
Account i'll use

Then make sure ...

You can disable this warning - Under tools - Options - Show hidden..... - search the list and untick warning

Syncovery has a DSM app, free for single Scheduled task - powerful software, I use both

I also Synology and I sync to another Synology offsite, under Task Scheduler I had to add -
Enable Tailscale Outbound
User - Root - Boot Up

Task Settings:
Run command
/var/packages/Tailscale/target/bin/tailscale configure-host; synosystemctl restart pkgctl-Tailscale.service

I need to sync around 11million various files/folders each day after work to an offsite location, both only have 200Mb fibre links.
Cant really Archive stuff at the moment so that wont help.

Syncing is over sftp and is fairly slow, are there any ways I can speed up.
Will using Database to detect ...

A couple other sync programs have a feature were you can select that the sync aborts if certain percentage of even number of files has changed (think ransomware etc)

Does free file sync have this feature?

Freefilesync
Create Sync task and save as Batch Job
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Task Scheduler
Create Basic Task
Security Option choose System, so it will run when you are logged off.
Run whether user logged on or not
Run with highest privileges
Actions
Start a program
"C:\Program Files\FreeFileSync ...