How to handle pcloud rate limit

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@Ole

a simple copy command lets you test --tpslimit (and other settings) during downloads without needing the sftp server or another app to pull data. This command can be run repeatedly:

@Ole

rclone copy pcloud:testfolder ./testfolder --ignore-times --checkers=1 --transfers=1 --tpslimit=0.25 -vv

Oh, I didn't understand why you wrote rclone copy and assumed it was just a "typo". Now I get it.

I haven't seen any downtime of pcloud.com today.

@ncw

The other thing you could try is using --bwlimit to limit bandwidth used instead of --tpslimit. Since we don't know exactly what limits are being used at the cloud provider then this involves some guesswork.

You might need a combination of the two.

OMG, this is getting complex. I really hope that pcloud will provide me with some details about the rate limits...

But since it seems to be common for storage providers to be obscure about their rate limits, I wonder, whether there is some potential for rclone to automate part of this process of optimizing the parameters? (I am aware of the --tpslimit-burst option which seems to add some flexibility to --tpslimit, but at this point, adding it to my command would only increase the complexity and make it more even more difficult to tell what the actual source of failure is).