hvisage
November 27, 2016, 8:52pm
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Good day,
Is inter-client (ie. LAN synchronization) in any way being considered, or have that been shelved/abandoned?
As I’ve been re-investigating DropBox replacements, I noticed that this is an issue that was raised >4years ago, but I see just locked threads, and no definite answers/directions about it anywhere.
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Link to the issue you’re referencing here so people actually have a context:
opened 08:56AM - 08 Jan 13 UTC
closed 12:06PM - 20 Jun 23 UTC
Enhancement
Performance
> Dear all,
>
> I am trying owncloud and it looks really great, but there is … one feature DropBox has and that I cannot find in owncloud: the Lan Sync, i.e. the possibility for clients under the same Lan to synchronize directly between themselves, which limit the bandwidth.
>
> For organizations working in remote areas with slow connection, it really makes a difference and I was wondering if the feature does exist and if not, if it would be possible to implement it.
>
> Thanks and best regards,
> Pierre
Migrated from https://github.com/owncloud/core/issues/304
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guruz
November 28, 2016, 8:00am
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@hvisage It sometimes comes up in discussion still. So it’s not forgotten. But it’s not a priority.
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Some one now also just opened the following for discussion:
opened 02:05PM - 01 Dec 16 UTC
closed 01:14AM - 21 Dec 17 UTC
enhancement
I'd like to catchup with the [LAN Sync](https://github.com/owncloud/client/issue… s/230) idea, since I think it is a feature, a lot of users need it. I'm posting this back in core again, since I think this is not only a client but also a server and core feature and required for server replication.
The ideas behind LAN Sync are simple, clients sync to each other over LAN
* Pear-to-Pear sync from client to client
* Local Sync: having multiple clients in a LAN one declares it self for some data as the masters, syncs to master-server in the internet and then spreads the data to other clients in the LAN needing it. This avoids bandwidth and is a lot faster
* Offline Sync
I think it also would solve a lot of demands described in issue for server replication #1190
Unlucky the the [issue in client](https://github.com/owncloud/client/issues/230) is locked in reason of **too many +1 comments**, so if you think you need this feature **take the thumb up button** instead and use comments for contextual discussion please.
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