[AccessD] Slow upload to Google Drive

[Rocky Smolin]

It's not internet speed.  I found that one of my SSDs had a Google Drive
folder which apparently is still synced with my original Google Drive
folder in the cloud. I moved the folder with the pictures of our recent
road trip to Yellowstone and Glacier  - ~500 pics (yes, I culled them down
from 800)  - and they are syncing with the cloud drive now quite briskly.

So it has something to do with drag and drop directly from one of my drives
to the Google drive in the cloud.

r

On Thu, Oct 21, 2021 at 2:39 AM James Button via AccessD <
accessd at databaseadvisors.com> wrote:

> Does Performance monitor show other activities using the comms link?
>
> Or are there many OS activities running
>
> EDGE maybe ?
>
> There are also OS background activities that do not seem to show in the
> monitoring utilities
> just glowing CPU and Drive usage lights
>
> JimB
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> Behalf Of
> Rocky Smolin
> Sent: Thursday, October 21, 2021 4:09 AM
> To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving
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> Subject: Re: [AccessD] Slow upload to Google Drive
>
> Well, I am paying for the space.  Not much per month, but not free.
>
>  I have three folders that I have on my google drive that take care of most
> of my activity except the photos - Clients, Desktop, and Documents.
> Whenever I change anything in those folders it syncs with my Google Drive.
> I set those three up when they changed from Backup & Sync to the desktop
> app.  There is a fourth entry in that list of three - called Google Drive -
> it's my old google drive which has about 120 gigabytes of photos.
>
> There is apparently a way to upload files - drag and drop.  I tried
> dragging and dropping the whole folder but at that point where it said it
> would take 45 days to complete I cancelled the upload and found 8 pictures
> had been transferred.
>
> Something is seriously wrong with that app.
>
> r
>
> On Wed, Oct 20, 2021 at 6:27 PM Gary Kjos <garykjos at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > So it's free but you don't like the performance?
> >
> > How long does your sync take?  Can you leave it run for a weekend and
> > would it complete?
> >
> > I put my pictures up on Shutterfly.  It's free as long as you order
> > some prints from time to time.
> >
> > GK
> >
> > On Wed, Oct 20, 2021 at 7:37 PM Rocky Smolin <rockysmolin2 at gmail.com>
> > wrote:
> > >
> > > List(s):
> > >
> > > I have been using Google drive for a few years, primarily to store my
> > > photos off site. Worked a treat until...they replaced Backup and Sync
> > with
> > > Google Drive Desktop App. OK, bit of a learning curve but I got used to
> > it.
> > >
> > > But for the first time I have about 500 pics from a recent trip to
> > > Yellowstone, Glacier, and other points, culled, edited, and ready to
> > store
> > > in the cloud.
> > >
> > > But the upload is so slow it's essentially useless.
> > >
> > > Does anyone know why this is so and if anything can be done about it?
> > >
> > > MMTIA
> > >
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