Cloud Sync (Google Drive) initial upload questions

[Matt Tyree]

I have about 4TB of data to sync from FreeNAS to my Google Drive. I've previously backed up all this data with a Windows-based program called SyncBack. Works okay, but I'd rather offload that duty to my FreeNAS server. The initial upload with SyncBack took a LONG time. and even now the check of the remote data takes a very long time to scan for changes.

Questions:
Can I do the initial upload from FreeNAS in stages? Say, a few folders at a time instead of giving it all 4TB at once?
If I do that, when I finally get it all uploaded, how does CloudSync compare the local files to the remote ones? Will it see the data uploaded in chunks as one group to be compared to the local files?
After all data is in both places, how does CloudSync determine what do upload to/delete from the remote server? Does it have to scan everything on the remote server with every backup cycle?

Thanks!
Matt

 

[dlavigne]

Did you find the answer to your questions?

 

[Matt Tyree]

I didn't. :-/

 

[iyerkarthik]

Hey Im going through the same process, now. Can you tell me about your experience?
Thanks

 

[Matt Tyree]

I gave up on it. The Google Drive security token keeps timing out (separate issue). Until FreeNAS updates how this works, I'm not wasting more of my time on it. They may have updated it by now, but the last release notes I looked at didn't mention it and I saw no difference in the interface.

 

[pro lamer]

Until FreeNAS updates how this works

Do you happen to know if there is a jira bug ticket for this?

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