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djbigley
New member | Level 2
3 years ago

14TB to back-up. Most efficient way to do this?

I'm going to give as many details as I can here so that I can receive the appropriate answers. I've contacted the help line and didn't get very far while receiving conflicting answers. I have 14TB on...
desktop
Dropbox Backup
FAQ
sync
upload
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jonsno
Explorer | Level 4
3 years ago
If you’re comfortable with using the command line then you can use rclone. As long as you don’t have a 350gig file it should work flawlessly for your use case
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    djbigley
    New member | Level 2
    3 years ago

    Do you mean 350gb in one single file? 99% are 2-3gb, I believe the most is probably around 20-25gb.

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      jonsno
      Explorer | Level 4
      3 years ago
      Yeah one file of size 350gb is the size limit with rclone. You should be good to go

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