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... if they found this hidden filles.

Maybe the database file can be store on local disk or on a network drive.

Thank you and kind regards

Benjamin

Hi I'm new to freefilesynch so trying to get my head around it. I'm thinking of using a schedule task or real time synching to create and maintain a mirror disc. What I'd like to know is what happens if the target is not available, ie away from home and network drive is not accessible

... multiple computers trying to update the file at the same time and google drive is making duplicate copies. Google drive stores files in a weird way and ... use ftp site or just use windows file share drive mapping.

I only have the google drive sync run on 1 pc for when I need access outside my own network.

As mentioned before this is a network dirve.

However the funny thing is I have spent the last 3 days transferring all the data (12TB) from the original Disk back to the one erased by freefilesync using teracopy and I had 0 errors, literally 0, no skipped files, no network issues, nothing.

However I ...

When the issue really was about network connectivity these should be something like ERROR_NETNAME_DELETED.

Those are in there:


12:54:29 Info: Cannot read directory "S:\Emulation\Games\Nintendo Entertainment System".
ERROR_NETNAME_DELETED: The specified network name is no longer available ...

All these ERROR_ACCESS_DENIED are also wery weird. When the issue really was about network connectivity these should be something like ERROR_NETNAME_DELETED.

Perhaps access control is somehow responsible for these fake empty folders:
https://sharepoint.stackexchange.com/questions/98360/users-getting ...

... USA).ccd"

implies that "S:\Emulation\Games\3DO Interactive Multiplayer" was scanned, found empty, and no errors were reported at all by the S:\ network share.
At that time, e.g. Windows Explorer would also have found and displayed the folder as empty.

Why this (temporary) false information was ...

Please take a screenshot of the entire FFS window on computer B. Make sure we can see the paths, and attach it here for inspection. I use FFS and RTS with network drives daily. If a location is offline, RTS simply suspends until it comes back online

Hi, Yes, I meant realtimesync for that.

Computer B has a local 12 TB drive and it sees a 12 TB Network Drive from Computer A.

Last Night everything was ok, I didn't Realize Computer B was On, turned computer A went to sleep and again all my data from Computer B 12 TB is GONE!!!

This has happened 3 ...

... accounts for this. If a location isn't available for access, such as a network drive that is offline/unreachable, FFS simply won't sync anything and logs it as an error. Can you describe your environment? which computer is sharing its 12TB drive over the network?
And when you say "I put freefylesync ...

... that has caused me so many headaches.

I have 2 PCs connected on the network and the both have 1 12 TB drive that is synchronized between them.

The idea here is that Computer A is the main one and computer B the secondary one.

Computer A has priority so only Computer B runs freefilesync with these ...

Check what that 120Mbps is actually going to from the processes tab, and sort by network usage by clicking the column header. There's clearly some overhead playing a factor

... And I agree with you that it's not FFS and not an issue with the network on my side. I just got done checking the changelog for the Drive API and saw that there hasn't been a change. Many Googlings later, I am seeing that there is a long-standing issue with the API throttling transfers to keep ...

... freefilesync.org/archive.php
Also, nothing has changed with Google Drive's API in over a month either. https://developers.google.com/drive/docs/release-notes
I have seen this phenomenon at multiple sites, after multiple modem, router, and server reboots, so I am confident this is not a network ...

... the system is not working properly”.

Note that the copy is made on a network drive with RealTimeSync (only local drives are monitored).

Thanks for your help.

... as sometimes the other PC is no discoverable.
5. All PC's on the network are connected via cable. NO wi-fi
6. Date issue seems logical - I have ... and I am probably not), it means 1 file/folder is moved to the target drive. BUT....big but why has it take over 16 minutes to complete the sync (so ...

... after months of trouble free backups using FFS from server to Google Drive, that my syncs from several servers to Google Drive using FFS have ... seen this phenomenon at multiple sites, after multiple modem, router, and server reboots, so I am confident this is not a network issue.

Anyone else?

Recycling is typically not available for network locations.
Going into the sync settings and change deletions to 'permanent'

> I have just upgraded to 13.7 and I can longer access a mapped network drive in RealTimeSync.

The problem description is a quite unclear.
"No longer" suggests it worked before (with what version?), but no longer works after upgrading to 13.7.
If so, was your setup fully identical? Including your ...

... here https://freefilesync.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=11538&hilit=network+drives#p44596 but to no effect. I have set RealTimeSync to run as an administrator, I have unmapped and remapped the network drive, re-entered the login and password and asked for this to be remembered, added it to Windows ...

I should have mentioned that I can read and write to this drive in Windows Explorer.

I have just upgraded to 13.7 and I can longer access a mapped network drive in RealTimeSync. Attached are my RealTimeSync and FreeFIleSync windows and the error message I get from RealTimeSync. I have used UNC for the networked drives (WDMyCloudy) as advised elsewhere in these forums. It can access a ...

... and right files will be previewable. If someone wanted to preview a network drive I guess they'd index it as you suggest.
I'm not keen on any large-scale commits without assessing it, but more generally it's easy to do accidents and even if you notice at the time and plan to restore from the backup ...

Hi, is there a way to lock files until I have mirrored everything?
I'm using AutoCAD and open dwg-files locally, but I don't want anyone else to open the mirrored model on the network drive while I'm working?

... to use FFS, and so far, it has closed a gap I had with syncing Google drive to a local NAS. I do eventually want to look at getting it setup in a ... to run on a Windows machine to do a 2-way sync with Google Drive and a network share (NAS). I have been reviewing the logs regularly since I am still ...

Probably this: https://superuser.com/questions/1516282/mklink-fails-to-create-symlink-on-network-drive
On the network share host, you need to specifically allow a client/user the permission to create a symlink.

Thank you. Yes, the Z: drive is a Western Digital MyCloud EX2 Ultra, The Y: drive is mapped to a Western Digital MyBookWorld network drive. It is a network drive but not a cloud drive like the other one. I am the only one on this network other than my wife. It is the same setup I've been using with ...

Being the drive letter is 'Z', I am inclined to believe this is a mapped network location, but you didn't specify. If so, it may be that the location is mapped with generic/guest credentials instead of credentials that allow write access. This is in addition to Plerry's response, both things are worth ...

... testing:
Windows 11 (but 10 had same issues):
Folder 1: NTFS on internal drive of Windows 11 machine
Folder 2: NTFS on USB drive (same with shared network drive)

After some extensive testing I found out that the changing modified date/time issue is file dependent!! I found some files that persistently ...

... currently unable to use RealTimeSync with a WebDAV folder mounted as a Network Drive in Windows Explorer.
Previous parts of this thread are a request to add the WebDAV protocol to FreeFileSync (FFS).

Your issue with RealTimeSync (RTS) is completely unrelated.
I don't know if the WebDAV protocol ...