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Wet@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Happy I moved to Syncthing a long time ago. My data is replicated on several locations and instances on cheap old raspberries+drives and syncs instantly even on my phone, where I keep Obsidian notes. No size limits, no huge hassle, 10 minutes to get a new instance set up.
Every now and then I will rsync the encrypted version to an offline drive and store it somewhere else.
Tangent5280@lemmy.world 11 months ago
What do you use for encryption? I’m open to options for encryption. Any opinions about Veracrypt?
Wet@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Syncthing has built-in encryption and works pretty well, it’s also really easy to use. I have been using it for some time with several instances and never had a problem, it requires more CPU though, so some old raspies had a hard time working with my big photos folder (800GB) when encrypted.
Not sure how secure it is, but from the docs: Encryption is XChaCha20-Poly1305 and AES-SIV with a key derived from the password and folder ID using scrypt. Considering how polished, huge user base and how much attention to detail Syncthing has, I trust it’s good enough for my needs.
Tangent5280@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Would your photos folder be handled quicker if you split it into two seperate folders of say, 400 gigs each?