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CrankyD
12 months agoExplorer | Level 3
Best Practices for large numbers of files, when selective sync is not an option
I manage Dropbox for a small business and they have about 1.3 million files in their account. I've asked them if they can reduce the number of files and they are not able to. Nor are the employees (t...
CrankyD
Explorer | Level 3
Thanks for your response.
I asked management if they could identify sections that we could leave online only and they said there were none.
I asked management if they could identify sections that we could leave online only and they said there were none.
Hannah
12 months agoDropbox Staff
Hey CrankyD, if all files in the Dropbox folder need to stay available offline at all times, there's not much we can suggest.
They can take a look at this article, to make sure that the bandwidth that Dropbox uses is not limited, so that syncing works as fast as possible.
Other than that, they need to keep in mind that the performance of the Dropbox application will decline after reaching 300K files.
You can read more about this here.
- CrankyD12 months agoExplorer | Level 3Thank you for the reply.
If nothing else, perhaps this post can help others with the one thing that has worked: seeding the Dropbox folder with the complete file set.
In this office, each workstation has an internal drive dedicated to Dropbox. I’ve noticed when waiting for Dropbox to make its initial sync that HDD activity is at 100%. I wonder how much difference a SSD would make, if any?- Rich12 months agoSuper User II
CrankyD wrote:
I wonder how much difference a SSD would make, if any?It would make a huge difference during the indexing and writing process, though 1.3 million files would still take a very long time. The number of files Dropbox can handle is largely based on the specs of the computer, but on average you'll see performance decline beyond 300,000 files.
- CrankyD12 months agoExplorer | Level 3
Thank you. I may try a SSD. If so I’ll report back the difference.
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