Ask HN: Alternative to Bittorent Sync?

1 points by ritonlajoie ↗ HN
Hi,

I tried to use bittorent sync to share a folder containing hundreds of thousands of files < 100KB each. This didn't work well, as it's taking more than 15 hours to synchronize. Size is 15GB only. A 2GB tar.gz file in bittorent sync takes 10 Minutes to sync. (I have a 100Mbps connection up/down)

So, I'm looking at an alternative, that is :

0) Free 1) Auto update clients's folders when master is updated 2) write and read/only features : I create a folder (I have the write key), and people sync to it but read only 3) ability to handle small files 4) easy to use for windows users without a big knowledge 5) ability to distribute terabytes of data 6) Should work on windows

It seems Aerofs is out of the loop since it's a paid solution. Please don't tell me about rsync, it's out of scope (point 4), etc..

I can see into other P2P stuff like these swarm softwares, etc, if they offer read only that it !

Thanks !

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Are you connected to the Windows users over a LAN or intranet of some kind? If so, you might look into something like the HomeGroup feature in Windows, or even a simple remote connection. Essentially, users browse or navigate to the folder as if it is on their local computer even if it is not.
Thanks for your answer. Users are connected through the net though