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Why is my Dropbox upload speed so slow?
Hello guys, does anyone facing problem with slow uploading to Dropbox?
I'm using 1Gbps connection uploading speed max around 3Mb/s, compared with Google Drive with my connection up to 80Mb/s.
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- Click the Dropbox icon from the menu bar.
- Click the :gear: icon and select Preferences... from the menu.
- Click Sync :arrows_counterclockwise:.
- Choose your work Dropbox account.
- Change the selection for Smart Sync Default to the last option:
- Admin default: the default setting chosen by your team admin.
- Local: all new content downloads to your computer.
- Online-only: manually download files to your computer when you need them.
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Mark
Super User II
Super User IIThere is no cap at Dropbox's end, but, that does not mean there are not caps elsewhere.
What is worth noting, however, is that uploads are always very slow with Dropbox initially because it uploads files smallest -> largest after its recreated the directory structure. Because it individually has checks every file it means the overheads can be quite intense. Once it gets to larger files it hash checks each file in 4mb blocks which help speed up the process.
What is worth noting, however, is that uploads are always very slow with Dropbox initially because it uploads files smallest -> largest after its recreated the directory structure. Because it individually has checks every file it means the overheads can be quite intense. Once it gets to larger files it hash checks each file in 4mb blocks which help speed up the process.
So, because of "hash checks each file in 4mb blocks" upload speed limit to 4Mb/s?
- Mark
No, there is no limit. It just slows things down initially as there are overheads on checking each file.
I can quite easily upload movies of a few GB here in a couple of minutes, but, thats because everything else is already sync'd and so the overheads are low.
Have a look at https://help.dropbox.com/syncing-uploads/faster-syncHow you uploading the file? Using Dropbox application?
I tried uploading using Dropbox Apps, but when i paste the file on Dropbox folder the file not saved as online-only, it saved as local. I need to right click for each new file and choose online-only.
Update: uploading using Dropbox Apps also max around 4.5Mb/s :unamused:
I was using my Synology NAS with the great Dropbox client in there. It was getting 45MB/sec upstream (I have 840Mb/ upload speed with FIOS).... so that's 360Mb/sec. It uploaded my 740GB collection in about 12 hours or so? I didn't check how long it took but I set it up after getting annoyed that Amazon Drive lost 20 of my videos and paid to go back to Dropbox where I had 30 days file retention -- Amazon Drive completely lost the files and I couldn't get them back otherwise. I set it up at 4am and when I checked around 4pm, it said it was already done.
If there's a cap, it could be on your machine or at your ISP. Maybe if you try uploading via Wifi it goes slower? I wired my PC here with a Cat6 cable into a 7-port switch and then with one cable into the cable modem across the room. Speeds are much faster than with any other provider I've used.
