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Christophe Humbert
Nov 20, 2017Iron Contributor
From "Available on this device" to "Always available on this device"
With Files On-Demand, I am trying to understand the point of changing the status from "Available on this device" to "Always available on this device".
As I understand it, as soon as the status ...
- Nov 21, 2017
"Always available on this device" means that you explicitly requested to sync permanently the item. Hence the system will never automatically delete the local copy.
"Available on this device" means that the item has been used locally and hence temporarily synced to the device. Hence the system will automatically delete the local copy when needed.
Makes sense?
Salvatore Biscari
Nov 21, 2017Silver Contributor
"Always available on this device" means that you explicitly requested to sync permanently the item. Hence the system will never automatically delete the local copy.
"Available on this device" means that the item has been used locally and hence temporarily synced to the device. Hence the system will automatically delete the local copy when needed.
Makes sense?
plivingston
Nov 26, 2021Copper Contributor
which of these results in the fastest access when you are online with internet access and logged in to one drive? I am having very very slow response to getting files. I guess asked in a different way what is the order of access ? i.e. if file is local (always available on this device) does the file get sourced directly from your hard drive? then if it changes is the sync to the cloud(onedrive) done asynchronously in the background both during access/changing, and at time of save. is the save done to hard drive first then synced in background to one drive, or saved to one drive then synced to hard drive. the reason I ask is that depending on the speed and reliablity of your internet connect it can make a difference. I cannot find any info on how the internals seem to work. since i converted I have noticed significantly slower access ( could be something else, but need to understand the details here).