>> Several days ago I installed an OC 4.0.6 server on Ubuntu 12.04 server. Setup >> went well, no problems. Then I installed the 1.0.3 sync client on my Kubuntu >> 12.04 laptop. The sync client operated as expected, but I noticed it was >> frequently chatting with the server even when I there was nothing to do. Even >> with no changes to files in the sync folder on the server or laptop, it >> appeared that every 10 seconds or so, approximately 200 KiB of traffic would >> exchange. >> >> Is this because WebDAV has no push notification mechansim, therefore the >> client >> has to keep polling the server for changes? If so, are there plans to offer >> another kind of sync mechanism, perhaps something based on Unison and >> inotify?
Yes, the client periodically polls the server to look for updates. A way around this is to have something push from the server to connected clients. Like a process that manages client connections. I am not sure how "Unison and inotify" would solve this problem though. _______________________________________________ Owncloud mailing list [email protected] https://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/owncloud
