Marcel's dashboard

A comment on the discussion "Write Access" in Wuala:

Don't download & upload at full bandwidth. If you stay under 80% of your maximum bandwidth, you should have good download and upload speeds. If you go beyond that, you'll see a sharp drop in bandwidth performance. – sunk818, on April 25, 2008 01:04

nickname replied on April 24, 2008 10:47 to the discussion "Write Access" in Wuala:

technical question: does wuala support random access (bytewise) to their data storage, or only filewise (complete files)?

can i edit a single byte for example with a hexeditor inside any file in my wuala store, so filesize doesnt get affected but only changes inside a file/stream for example.

also can i read a single byte at a random location inside any file or is only streaming/download/caching of whole files applicable and does it depend on the files metadata/filetype/contents or how does all this work?

the bigger the files get the more important random read/write/seek access is inside these big files.

thanks for any information.

Marcel replied on April 23, 2008 22:58 to the discussion "Write Access" in Wuala:

Luzius: What is Wuala's behavior with multiple concurrent writes by different users? I.e., does Wuala (plan to) support locking?

A comment on the discussion "Write Access" in Wuala:

Thanks for the hint. We'll have to check this. Generally, it is the responsibility of the program that copies a file into Wuala to set the timestamp correctly. Wuala itself doesn't know where the data is coming from if it receives it through the integrated drive. However, it could be that Wuala doesn't always execute the set timestamp operation correctly. -> put on todo list – Luzius, on April 22, 2008 09:40

edub replied on April 22, 2008 02:47 to the discussion "Write Access" in Wuala:

I think it would be nice for Wua.la to preserve the time stamp of the file when it is uploaded via the file integration method, which will help synchronization programs discern which version is newer, or if they are the same age. As it stands now (at least with the program I tested (SynchBackSE)) it uploads everything and everything gets a new timestamp and then then next pass it downloads everything.

A comment on the discussion "Write Access" in Wuala:

I guess it does. At least, when you do save a file which someone else has already saved in the system, the upload is almost instantaneous. I would expect it to use techniques such as the ones described in Martin Landers' PeerStore paper (http://www.ida.liu.se/conferences/p2p...) and some others. – Marcel, on April 21, 2008 20:46

Luzius replied on March 14, 2008 18:18 to the problem "URL files not working under MacOSX" in Wuala:

We will change the way wuala urls work in the beta version -> fix later.

Bugreport replied on March 14, 2008 14:46 to the problem "Yellow online-state even though connection is suitable for trading" in Wuala:

They are crypted I guess... I played a bit with them to try to get them recreated but this seems to be a task for the Devs..

chengas123 replied on March 14, 2008 14:24 to the problem "Yellow online-state even though connection is suitable for trading" in Wuala:

Any way to tell if your *.index files are corrupted or to repair them?

Bugreport replied on March 14, 2008 13:58 to the problem "Yellow online-state even though connection is suitable for trading" in Wuala:

Ok, I experimented a bit and found out something strage about that "Yellow" status...

You can also get a yellow status if you have defect *.index files in you Data folder, even though everything else is fine!

Marcel reported a problem in Wuala on March 14, 2008 11:10:

Hide does not always work on MacOSX

Frequently, (especially with newer versions) I cannot hide Wuala, neither with Cmd-H nor using Wuala -> Hide Wuala.

The only workaround seems to be to quit Wuala and restart (where it forgets the currently open windows and paths; also, file system integration disappears)

Marcel started following the problem "Yellow online-state even though connection is suitable for trading" in Wuala.

Marcel reported a problem in Wuala on March 14, 2008 10:50:

URL files not working under MacOSX

When double-clicking on an URL on MacOSX 10.4, Safari becomes the active application, but nothing else happens. Example: http://wua.la/oona/public_links/Webwa...

It is also impossible to copy the URL from the inspector pane at the bottom (so I cannot vote for you (yet), sorry :-)).

I use WualaMAC 225 (updated today).