I’ve been working with a client with large collections of files on their own private NextCloud server. Yesterday we added a directory containing about 5GB of data in about 5000 files, as we’re pulling in a lot of existing office data. The sync process from a MacOS desktop to the NextCloud server takes much longer than a file copy. The client reports 4-8 hours to sync the directory.
The same collection of files only takes 5 minutes or so when using rsync from one drive to another, or restoring from a time machine backup.
The server is on the local network connected via gigabit ethernet, and isn’t running out of memory.
What can I do to increase sync performance?
Using Nextcloud 17.0.2, with the current Desktop client on MacOS.
Client has 32 GB of RAM