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Limewire
Explorer | Level 3
4 years ago

Upload speeds from Synology NAS - Dropbox slow vs much faster Google Drive

I have a Dropbox business account. I am trying to upload files directly from my Synology NAS to my Dropbox business account.   I am using FileStation on the Synology NAS to directly upload them t...
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Thanushan's avatar
Thanushan
Explorer | Level 4
2 years ago

the problem is still here. I am having the same issue with upload speed.

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Round 7 Productions
Explorer | Level 4
2 years ago

I have the same issue happening. 

 

I just ran a bunch of tests and here's what I'm finding... When I sync large files only using cloud sync on my Synology NAS my speeds are averaging around 1-2MB/s upload to Dropbox. When I do the same to Google Drive I get 5-10 MB/s. That's almost 5x faster to Google Drive!!! Changing the bandwidth on the desktop app preferences makes no effect at all on this. Can someone please help me!

 

This is the DropBox Account Sync: 

 

 

 

This is the Google Drive Account Sync:

Why am I getting faster speeds to Google Drive than Dropbox? Is it simply a different process and one is faster than the other? I've contacted both Synology support and Dropbox directly about this because this speed will inherently affect our workflow.

 

We're a video production company and we currently sync to Google every night. Sometimes this could be up to 3 TB depending on the type of film we capture. We've always had unlimited storage on GD, but they just reneged on that so now we're back to the drawing table. Dropbox seems great for our use case but this upload speed may be an issue. We currently have about 100TB that needs to be backed up and we only have 60 days to do it. 

 

  • Thanushan's avatar
    Thanushan
    Explorer | Level 4
    2 years ago

    Round 7 Productions 

    I am in the same boat as you, I am trying to move over 100 TB of data from google drive (15 days left). I have tried contacting both Synology and Dropbox with zero help. Dropbox won't support Synology apps and Synology just blames it on your ISP. I tried uploading via the Dropbox desktop app and I still get the same speed. Dropbox doesn't have an answer. We are just stuck with these speeds.

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    Round 7 Productions
    Explorer | Level 4
    2 years ago
    @Thanushan
    Probably not best practice to mention another provider on this thread but maybe they’ll hear us if so… I tested Box last night and I got 2.5x the speeds I get with Dropbox. This speed thing is going to pose issues for us so I may have to switch. - I just wish GD didn’t go back on their word with unlimited storage.

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