2023 Q1: Data Sync Options Experience; Cloud Sync

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  • February 15, 2023 at 2:47 PM #48911

    Kurtois
    Participant

    I see that a user can sync data:

    Locally using Nearby Sync.

    In the cloud with iCloud.

    In the cloud with IBM Cloudant.

    Have I covered all of them?

    Can anyone comment on their experience with the last option. It appears there is a 1GB Free Tier, and then the price goes way up for storage:
    https://www.ibm.com/cloud/cloudant/pricing

    February 15, 2023 at 3:55 PM #48915

    Brendan
    Keymaster

    There’s also Apache CouchDB which you can install on a Mac or other computer on your network for free:

    https://www.tapforms.com/help-mac/5.3/en/topic/apache

    IBM Cloudant is good, but it’s a bit tricky to setup and also they have a 10 MB limit on a per record basis. So keep your attachments smaller than that and try not to put any images inside Note fields as that will balloon the size of records.

    February 15, 2023 at 6:02 PM #48923

    Daniel Leu
    Participant

    I’m using CouchDB on our NAS (QNAP) and I’m very happy how it works.

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