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Need to see creation date of backups loaded to Dropbox
I am using Dropbox as a secondary backup for customer files from my server. If a customer needs me to restore their data from a particular date I have to locate the files they want by the backup da...
I tried that some time ago but Dropbox has to be installed on my server, not my personal computer. Some customers complained that the service was slower than usual so I deleted the Dropbox sync connection which did speed up the server. This solution COULD work however if I can tell the DropBox sync to only sync during certain times of the day (like the middle of the night) to avoid overburdening the server during peak hours. Can I do that with the sync feature?
Rich
Super User II
Super User II
izzywizzy wrote:
This solution COULD work however if I can tell the DropBox sync to only sync during certain times of the day (like the middle of the night) to avoid overburdening the server during peak hours. Can I do that with the sync feature?
Dropbox doesn't have a scheduling feature but you can do it yourself using a task scheduler to start and stop the Dropbox application. Just know that doing so is not officially supported.
