Per's dashboard

So it was not lying but it was lying?

Okay, here is what used to happen.

I set the max upload speed to 1 KB.
The little status box at the bottom of Wuala showed 0 or occasionally 1 KB. Never more than that.

What was the actual speed? – Per, on June 15, 2009 22:42

Say what again? So when i set it to 1 KB, and it showed 0-1 KB in the little status window, it was lying? – Per, on June 10, 2009 19:06

It's getting worse. I can't upload even 100 files at a time without risking a lockup now.

Really is quite a problem when one needs to, for example, upload 5000 files contained in over 650 subfolders. I just got done doing that, about 50 files at a time. And the damn thing is only 75 MB.

The reason i don't just close Wuala is for the online time. I actually use all of the ~90 GB i have worked up over the months, and i could still use more room so shutting it down is not really an option for me.

Makes sense. I usually set it to 1 when downloading something else, it's especially useful for torrents, but fair is fair.

More online time issues here, but with a different angle. I am not online more than maybe 80% of the time, yet my online time was shown as 100% at one point, and over 90% for a while. Recently it has slowly been decreasing again and is hovering around 90%. – Per, on May 28, 2009 11:43

I first noticed it when i wanted to upload my java files, thats a few thousand files in 15 MB. Happened again when i went to upload my main backup folder which has about 2000 files in 1.35 GB which has a bit of everything.

Before the limit to pending changes i uploaded all of it together without ever running into problems.

This one http://getsatisfaction.com/wuala/topi...

Actually that's the only problem i know of, but it's kind of a biggie.

Also, question. The guy said that setting 100 pending changes as the max is to avoid overflows, but before i had thousands of pending changes with no problems. Just how many pending changes would it take to cause an overflow, and could the limit have something to do with Wuala getting stuck?

Just wanted to let whom it might concern know that this problem is still as bad as it was a month ago.

Simple enough. Each file is basically uploaded 5 times, once to their server and 4 times to other users. So if Wuala can find your file 1.2 times among the currently connected users, it would be 30% maintained.

Also a rightclick option to "maintain this file now" would be great to go along with it. Streaming only works with a good download speed after all. – Per, on May 20, 2009 07:28

That would be what this is. – Per, on May 19, 2009 06:36

Well yes, that's how the service works. But this way at least it would be transparent. The locally encrypted file is temporary and will eventually be cleaned up, so the only objection i can think of is the time it takes to actually download the file. Given that your common broadband connection downloads 10 times as fast as it uploads (at least in my country), this strikes me as... well lets just say a little silly. – Per, on May 19, 2009 06:34

No it won't. It will show what is being maintained, which may or may not be all of it. Which is irrelevant anyway. What i need is to know how much, in percentage, a specific file is maintained. – Per, on May 18, 2009 05:29

I clicked the i like this idea button, but i disagree (quite strongly in some cases) on the specifics. The only statistic i need - there are many others that would be nice, but the only one i need - is one that shows how maintained a given file is, and maybe an average for all my files if you can spare the thirty seconds to code that once the first part is done.

Well, there is the virtual drive. The file will still be downloaded, and Wuala has to be running obviously, but by saving to the virtual drive you can skip having to specify a location on your local machine.

Of course, this hinges on the virtual drive actually working on that particular day so yah.

I have nothing to add, but this topic needs another smiley.

Hmm well...

Having tried every single sync service i have been able to find over the past several months, i can say that i am happy with Wuala as is.

None of them ever get it quite right. Syncplicity has issues with multiple changes at a time, can't even handle a simple folder renaming without duplicating some data, Spideroak sometimes misses entire directories, Mozy and Idrive have their own issues, Zumodrive can't handle any meaningful number of files and folders at a time...

Wuala works. Sure, i keep complaining about performance and lockups and lack of transparency and so on (and boy oh boy do i have a list of issues that needs dealing with) but the bottom line is... it works. It's reliable.

Automatic watching of folders is not necessary. Whenever i add a few pictures or edit a text file or whatever i can just reupload the entire folder and only any additions and changes get uploaded. If i change folder structure i can delete what i uploaded and upload it again. It's exactly as powerful as automatic syncing, it just takes a little more work in the form of CTRL+C and CTRL+V whenever you want it updated. Considering the increased level of reliability compared to other services, and the assurance that no local files will be tampered with, i prefer it this way until the syncing technology is a whole hell of a lot more reliable. Remember, this entire "upload to the internet" thing is a new and still developing technology. It will take time before fully automatic syncing, that WORKS, becomes available.

ps the locally encrypted files really ought to be automatically deleted when maintenance is complete, as opposed to having to fiddle around with it manually.