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Many OS's have issues with thousands of files in one directory (as Amazon has relearned with the Kindle). |
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I suspect it's a SQL database issue in AppData\Roaming\Box Sync When the SQL Database becomes a certain size it can corrupt or your PC chokes. The file was around 4GB I deleted and it stop hanging but it has to resync all over again if you do delete it. I did get it to stop hanging at 14% after deleting that file but now it has to resync everything again. It's just badly implemented. |
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I planned to load my Calibre library to Box -- but they only had web access when I signed up and I killed the job after a couple of days. I don't think it ever would have completed. I suppose I need to try it again (but have well over 8gb to save, so....)
Calibre keeps everything spread out in folders, so the number of files in a folder would not be an issue -- but the number of folders in in the main directory could have been an issue. Using a SQL database would be on method, I suppose, but I would think it easier to just maintain a directory structure on the linux box it ends up on. |
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Let me know how it works out for you. With Dropbox I got 8GB uploaded in 3 Hours. |
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I don't think I'll try that much at once, with either one. Our connection is slow and has a huge error rate (so, have to reset the router often). Even dropbox will take quite some time to upload that much (many days). Sounds like Box would never finish, at all.
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Have you thought about trying a different router. Ours use to reset itself we bought a new one with a bandwidth counter when we dropped Cable so we could keep track with him using the Roku as his primary TV source. We have no more issues or slow down anymore. We paid $40 for our Netgear at Walmart.
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tried two different ones - it's the lines (you should hear the buzz when it rains - I think the local squirrels have damaged them again, but it takes forever to get them to replace lines). They've also replaced equipment at their end several times which was failing (probably from lack of decent surge supression in their unmanned switch near here).
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Keep in mind that "for life" often means "for 5-10 years" with digital services. When they get big enough to go public, the previous permanent-account users often get screwed over. If they don't get big enough to go public, the new owners may not honor the previous contracts.
Which doesn't mean it's not a great bargain. Just don't expect it to stick around longer than, f'rex, EReader.com. Or MegaUpload. (I got a box account about three weeks ago. No idea if I'm eligible for the 50gb thing.) |
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I've had Box for years (longer than Dropbox) but my 50GB account which I use now is under my website's email. My other account is now idle. I think I have Sim stuff on it still that people download now and then that I created years back. |
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The lines used to be faster, but they've been damaged, yet again, and need to be repaired. There are rumors of federal grants to add more equipment to many of there areas, which would greatly increase speed here, but no timetables on when any of it will reach here. Alternatives: satellite (generally not much faster, despite the ads and often requires a phone line for uplinks), cellular (no 4G here, so not very much faster). |
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Hopefully the services have learned from megaupload, tho, and won't encourage so much blatant copyright violation and get closed down. It's always a danger, though (as is them simply going belly up with no notice and turning off the boxes; there's no notice to customers requirement, as there is for employees of large companies) -- so never consider it your sole storage place (no matter how much Amazon encourages that), but more as an off-site backup. |
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