Tested with firmware version : MyBookLive 02.42.03-027
No need of pkg, optoware or apt-get so far
Default settings for ‘nice’ cpu usage, idle IO nice , download at 1000KB/s and upload at 100KB/s, so not to abuse (too much) of the limited resources of the NAS
You can change the settings using the gui at the :8888 port and editing the default configuration file /DataVolume/cache/btsync/btsync.conf with nano or vim
I would sync folders in read only mode , maybe this way the btsync might not access the hard drive that much.
The lower the data rate, the lower the cpu and bandwidth usage , so there is a trade off . With these settings i get up to two percent of cpu utilisation when the software is syncing. But it takes longer to sync, so not intensive cpu utilisation means no syncronitation of large data files. I am using it just to sync some vimwikis and keepass databases
I do not know if with these settings the hard drive is able to ‘sleep’ or not.
unzip the file downloaded in Public share (you can use with gunzip command: gunzip /shares/Public/btsync_powerpc.tar.gz , or just unzip it with 7zip or similar and then place the “btsync” file in Public share)
make the “btsync” binary executable: chmod +x /shares/Public/btsync
run the “btsync” binary with /shares/Public/./btsync
With the arguments -N 19 and -I idle giving it the lowest cpu and IO priority .
The intention of this method is to not install other software. But with the webadmin you should be able to control the init script too.
I see that you launch the btsync manually without further options, but you can control more advanced settings by editing the configuration file to limit bandwidth, encryption and connections usage wich limits the cpu usage too. For some reason these do not appear in the webui configuration options.
My NAS has been showing a solid green light (with occassional blink) ever since I put bittorrent sync in though. Does that mean it’s not sleeping at all anymore? I’m not seeing an option to change the rescan interval with the NAS the way I can with my laptop. I’m going to be syncing between 2 remote NASes so am afraid this may be a problem.
In order to update the program when new bittorrent updates are created, do I just repeat the same process?
Sorry this is totally new for me but I’m really loving it and very much appreciate your guys’ posts.
as far as the “sleeping” issue, well, my MBL is months it is not sleeping anymore… there are hordes of people on bittorrent sync forum complaining about this (and not just MBL owners)…
like you, I was not able to find a way to set the “folder rescan interval”. It would be greatly appreciated if someone could explain how to do it…
Not going to do that right now but asking now for just in case since you guys seem knowledgable. I guess an always on hard drive isn’t the end of the world. Wish it could copy subdirectories though.
Thank you guys :smiley: for getting me up and running on my 2gb WD Live.
I have just one question, probably to nicopizza as I followed that set of instructions, I’ve got the sync running on a box at my parents. How do I set it up to ‘autoexec’ if it has been powered down/restarted or something else happens.
I will not be able to log in to the box as I won’t have the ip address (dynamic). It would just be nice if Bittorrent sync just started as part of the boot up of the box.
I believe you need a “restart on boot” comand for that… unfortunately I would not be able to write that… maybe someone could helps us out, since it would be very useful to me too…
so far I managed to restart it by just reinstalling it, even from a remote location, using OpenVPN connection.
Funny I didn’t realize it didn’t restart itself on boot. I guess I don’t have to “uninstall” anything. I think I will remove the old files and reinstall once they update the program/fix the drive sleeping issue.
İ make it but :8888 not work … Can you help me pls …
" You’re about to translate http://192.168.0.100:8888/, which may redirect you to another page. Are you sure you want to continue? " writing and stop …
I see that you are trying to install BTSync on a WD MyCloud device… I installed it on a WD MyBook Live, and I do not have a WD MyCloud to try if it installs…
from what you are writing it appears as if in MyCloud there are some extra layers of secuity that prevent from installing third party scripts/apps (I guess WD wants to put some order in this area, and according to a post in the MyCloud EX4 forum, they are calling out on developers to help out, but I guess they will try to place their seal on apps thrown at their devices)…
This is just a thought… I do not actually know WD policies or if this is the case…
maybe you could try placing the btsync file outside the Public share (either in a private share or somewhere else under root) and see if you can run it from there…
