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Will the new file sync tolerate FTP connections with poor reliability?

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I have a personal website where I would like to use FTP to back up my data. In the past, I have tried to use Acronis to back up to it by mapping it as a drive. This did not work because over any significant span of time, the connection would frequenly drop, timeout, or some other error. The brute force method doesn't work either.....When I simply drag and drop a folder with a large number of files, I get similar errors....many files transfer successfully, but then it drops in the middle.

My question is if the new file sync in Acronis would tolerate this better. Right now, my best option is to wade through the folders on the FTP site, see where the files stopped transferring and start copying.

Thanks for any help.

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JS,

I think the sync option might also have difficulty if there is a poor connection, though I believe it will keep trying unlike files and folder backups which will time out.

When you say you previously have used the brute force method did you FTP in or use UNC/IP access, as mapping the drive will slow things down considerably and TIH is never really happy with mapped drives preferring UNC or IP accessing methods.

Thanks for the response. When I said brute force method, I was opening the ftp location in windows explorer from a shortcut. Since the target of the shortcut is "ftp://user@ftp.xxx.com/" is it being accessed as UNC, or is it treated more like a mapped drive since it is through windows explorer.

I guess I need to focus on the root of the problem which appears to be FTP connection reliability. My web host seems confident that there is no bottleneck or problem on their end. I need to research how to pinpoint what is failing. I guess it could be in my router or windows itself...

Thanks again,