Hi,
As the title suggests: what are alternatives to syncthing that are basically fire and forget, works on multiple device types, and just focuses on file syncing?
I’ve had over the months the weirdest problems with syncthing, and lately I noticed some of my photos got corrupted, which is an absolute no no for me. I use syncthing currently as a easy automatic backup of documents, photos and other files, between my PCs and my phones (they all send only to the server. Folders are not shared with other devices).
ddash@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 days ago
I know this is unsolicited advice, so apologies for that, but did you consider that the issue could also be your server hard drive failing? I guess not a possibility if its really only recently synced pictures. Just wanted to throw that in.
Regarding backing up photos, Immich works well for that but is also a lot more than just photo backup, so maybe not a preference for you.
DragonSidedD@lemmy.ml 3 days ago
I’d echo this. Syncthing is widely used because it Just Works in so many weird situations. So if it is Not Working, swapping out Syncthing might actually make the problem harder to solve.
ZeDoTelhado@lemmy.world 3 days ago
That is actually a good question, in this case the HDD is totally fine. Thing is, the photos only get corrupted very rarely (probably 1 every 3000 or so, and only sometimes) and often photos that got transfered several times to the phone (usually the problem is in the phone. On the desktop never had that)
As for immich, I do know about of but seems to be a bit much for what I need (and only photos AFAIK)
IanTwenty@lemmy.world 3 days ago
…could it be your phone’s storage is failing then?