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		lostmsu on May 28, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Ask HN: Suggestions to host 10TB data with a month... I use Syncthing, but how prone is it to data loss of any kind? Bitrot?

chaxor on May 28, 2023 [–]

The biggest problems in aware of is sync conflicts, which just make things a little difficult. If they're text files it's not so bad, since vimdiff can easily merge. But if they're encrypted or more complex formats ... :/

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