[Useful apps] Personal security cloud storage, Bittorrent sync

[Killer app series] Personal security cloud storage, BitTorrent Sync app

This blog post is about a p2p file-sync software called BitTorrent Sync. There are advantages that only BitTorrent Sync has over file sharing or syncing software services like Dropbox or Box.

1. Real-time file sharing and syncing
   - Share a secret key once among devices you wish to share and files in the specific folders will be synced instantly across the devices.
2. Personal cloud server that secures data
   - Cloud services are often free for certain amount of storage and easy to approach. The downside however is that your files are saved in their servers. With BitTorrent Sync, your files are saved in your own PC or PROTA that works as a file server keeping your data safe in your own storage.
3. Customized sync settings for each individual user
   - Privacy protection is granting access of specific folders to specific users. Sharing can also be specified to let a user both read and write or only read. You can choose your family members and friends have different options for each folder.
4. Unlimited file transfer speed
   - Peer to peer data transfer, just like BitTorrent, lets user share data at faster speed when there are more peers.  Mobile devices also sync seamlessly. Let them sync when in Wi-Fi network and stop worrying about using your LTE cellular data package.

#Replace your PC with the BitTorrent Sync app on your PROTA

- Previously when in use of BitTorrent Sync, it was required of you to install a mobile client and PC program on your PC in order to share your created folders.

- Smart server PROTA lets you create a personal file cloud server by connecting an external storage space.

# What improvement can you expect by switching your PC to Smart Server PROTA?

Check out the above clip to find out that an external storage space(USB) connected to PROTA can be accessed by any personal devices like smartphones or PCs via NFS.

1. Ultra-low-power PROTA lessens your worries about the 24/7 power consumption.
   - To share data, there always has to be a some sort of PC that takes the role of a server. Generally, BitTorrent Sync would require at least one seed just like how Torrent would require a peer to function a seed.
   - PROTA is a low-power server that requires your least of worries for being turned on at all times.
2. Files are more accessible.
   - Separate external storage space(HDD, USB) lessens the burden on PC storage. Moreover, files stored in the external storages can be easily transferred to any external storages connected to PROTA via NFS app that supports Samba protocol.
3. Integration with other apps for PROTA
   - Existing media server apps like Transmission, DNLA, ownCloud, or Volumio can be integrated.
   - When a media file downloaded by Transmission is saved in a shared folder of BitTorrent Sync, other PROTA users may view it right off the file using DNLA.