Real-Time Settings

These settings allow you to fine-tune folder monitoring (Real Time Synchronization).
Real Time Synchronization detects only current changes. Therefore we recommend to also
give the profile a regular schedule on the Schedule tab sheet, where a full sync will be done.

Main
Advanced
Internet Folders (Polling for Changes)

Use Real-Time Synchronization

Run profile entirely once, then use Real-Time Synchronization

It will be run entirely once each time you start the scheduler, or after a network disconnection.

Operating Mode:

Process Each File Event Individually

Process Complete Folders

Process deletions when running in real-time.

Safety delay for deletions:

minutes (value must be from 0 to 223)

Process file and folder renames when running in real-time

Ignore certain temporary files in real-time

Switch to a normal, full sync if more than

real-time events are to be processed (0=don't).

Switch to a full sync if processing the real-time events takes more than

seconds (0=don't)

Real-time processing delay:

seconds (usually 5)

Syncovery can regularly check non-local folders for changes. This works best with cloud storages that use a
changes-based listing method: Google Drive, Sharepoint, OneDrive, DropBox, and Box.

On other storages, Syncovery can check the base folder for changes regularly, and scan subfolders if they have
new modification timestamps. However, most servers will not update folder modification timestamps correctly
across the whole hierarchy, so that a regular full scan would still be necessary. To avoid this, Syncovery itself can
ensure that parent folder timestamps are updated when it uploads to an Internet server. It will do so in real-time
two-way profiles, or if the option "Touch parent folders" is chosen on the Folders tab sheet in the profile.
This technique usually works with FTP, SFTP, and WebDAV, but not with Amazon S3, Azure BLOB, Rackspace, and
other cloud storages that do not support setting folder timestamps.

Regularly poll Internet servers for changes (if changes API or folder timestamps are supported)

Also use this technique for other folders (rather than subscribing to file system events), on the:

Left-Hand Side

Right-Hand Side

Polling Interval:

seconds (usually 60 - use shorter intervals carefully)

Please note: cloud servers must not be polled too frequently. The absolute minimum is 30 seconds for these.