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NAS
Hi, I want to set up a home NAS device which syncs with my Dropbox cloud account. I have the option of buying a new NAS with Dropbox installed on it, or somehow reusing my old NAS boxes which can't i...
slystav wrote:
... So the Pi and router are both ARM architecture? ...Hi slystav,
Is this a news for you?! 🤔 Actually, most present day embedded devices are running on ARM. 😉
slystav wrote:
... What architecture would be required for a standard Dropbox app? ....In present, only Intel architecture is directly supported (including AMD, of course). 32-bits version are going slowly deprecated in favor of 64-bits one.
slystav wrote:
... Could I for instance use an android phone or an old Windows tablet, with an OTG-USB hard drive or similar? ...Here isn't clear what actually you mean (anyway, the answer is the same)! If you mean using a phone for sync, No, all Dropbox mobile applications don't provide sync; they just provide access. If you mean ability to running some supported sync version, as I told already, there is NOT such an application. Not yet, at least.
slystav wrote:
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I can't believe there is no simple solution, a new NAS with proprietary app can be really expensive!Ohh... Yes, you are right! 🤷 Unfortunately! In same time would be so simple, Dropbox just to recompile their Linux application for ARM, nothing more... 🙄 Hmm...
Thanks! So the Pi and router are both ARM architecture? What architecture would be required for a standard Dropbox app? Could I for instance use an android phone or an old Windows tablet, with an OTG-USB hard drive or similar?
I can't believe there is no simple solution, a new NAS with proprietary app can be really expensive!
I can't believe there is no simple solution, a new NAS with proprietary app can be really expensive!
slystav wrote:
... So the Pi and router are both ARM architecture? ...
Hi slystav,
Is this a news for you?! 🤔 Actually, most present day embedded devices are running on ARM. 😉
slystav wrote:
... What architecture would be required for a standard Dropbox app? ....
In present, only Intel architecture is directly supported (including AMD, of course). 32-bits version are going slowly deprecated in favor of 64-bits one.
slystav wrote:
... Could I for instance use an android phone or an old Windows tablet, with an OTG-USB hard drive or similar? ...
Here isn't clear what actually you mean (anyway, the answer is the same)! If you mean using a phone for sync, No, all Dropbox mobile applications don't provide sync; they just provide access. If you mean ability to running some supported sync version, as I told already, there is NOT such an application. Not yet, at least.
slystav wrote:
....
I can't believe there is no simple solution, a new NAS with proprietary app can be really expensive!
Ohh... Yes, you are right! 🤷 Unfortunately! In same time would be so simple, Dropbox just to recompile their Linux application for ARM, nothing more... 🙄 Hmm...
