Which is faster via Tailscale... rsync or rclone to WebDev

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This is slightly off-topic..

My NAS, which is on the Tailscale VPN will be moving to a off-site location.

I won't have control over the firewall/router at that location.

As such, I will be using Tailscale to access the NAS for both rclone (to Dropbox) and for backing up mutiple servers at my location to the NAS.

Which is faster:

Rsync with compression (and which one)
Rclone

Thanks

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no way to know without testing. for instance,
if you have no control over the firewall, then might be limited to very slow DERP relay servers.

  • cannot open port 41641
  • NAT-PMP might not work

i do a similar thing, run veeam, backup replication server, backup repositories, and agents over tailscale.
i also have a few synology boxes, running tailscale.
all work great.

the problem with webdav, in most cases, cannot verify file transfers using checksums.

fwiw, using tailscale, i prefer smb/samba. most any backup software can work with that.
check out my howto - How to access SMB/SAMBA with rclone

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So I read your link.

(very simplified on my end to steps)

On my server (not my NAS):

  1. I configure rclone as SMB.
  2. My mount statement would be:

mount -t cifs -o username="username",password="password" http://100.100.100.100:8080/MagicDNS/tailscale/share /mnt/share

  1. I then use rclone sync blah blah and I should be fine?

On my NAS:

  • Do I need SMB configured?
  • I have rclone, but it is configured for Dropbox, do I need to add SMB to it?

Thanks

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yes, and in that case, rclone should verify file transfers using checksums.

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You were fast... read my updated reply :slight_smile:

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can do that. i never do and based on what you posted, no need.

for example,
rclone copy /mnt/share/backup dropbox:backup -vv --dry-run

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Ok, tommorow's adventure :slight_smile:
Thank you very much... If I run into issues, I'll be back...

Have a nice evening, and your help is appreciated. :sunglasses:

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Worked Like a CHARM!!!!!!

T H A N K Y O U ! ! :+1:

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