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What is the advantage of using Spacedrive over mounting the network disk with rclone (https://rclone.org/ https://rclone.org/) and using any other file explorer
by tkot 3y ago
What is the advantage of using Spacedrive over mounting the network disk with rclone (https://rclone.org/ https://rclone.org/) and using any other file explorer?
- dddw 3y agoRclone is awesome. Great for moving stuff from cloud to cloud.
- tkot 3y agoYup, it's also very useful for doing stuff like checking archive integrity after upload (got bitten by it once when uploading some archives via FTP) and syncing with cloud - I've had a dedicated client remove files from my PC instead of the cloud after desync, rclone makes it easy to check what will be done and works with pretty much every service available.
- Rygian 3y agoIt's saving you from an O(M²) amount of device-to-device rclone and the consequent duplication of storage space used.
- tkot 3y agoI specifically mentioned mounting (https://rclone.org/commands/rclone_mount/ https://rclone.org/commands/rclone_mount/ which may use some additional storage space depending on the caching configuration) whereas you seem to be talking about mirroring the data in the cloud and on other devices.
- outofpaper 3y agoFrom what I understand it's their friendly interface that differentiates them from RClone mount. I've only read their documentation but otherwise I can't see any benefit and only the risk of getting involved with a less tested tool.
- Rygian 3y agoYou still need to manage O(M²) rclone mounts. The promise of Spacedrive is to have O(M) setup once, and then be able to access all files from all devices.