[Read Only] - Source Folder

[jksoledad27]

I have checked other topics but there is no similar case so far. We have a server and we wanted to make FFS. Currently, we put read and write access to the folder from the server because when write is disabled, there is a message that its not proceeding as the FFS doesn't have write access. Is write access necessary? What are the disadvantages of keeping it to read only? I know the sync db and sync lock will not be there, but what's the downside of it?

[xCSxXenon]

Those are pretty much the only downsides. Not having a DB file means you can't have FFS detect move/renamed files. As such, if a file gets moved or renamed in the source, FFS will have to re-copy the whole file to the destination instead of applying a matching operation. Without the LOCK file, it's possible that multiple FFS sessions could be accessing the same location concurrently. Whether that is an issue is going to depend on the environment and how it's used. That may not be an issue for you