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Does anyone know if you need a dropbox account to sync the data between Cloud Store hardware. So If we have two Cloud Store units in different location geographically. Do the two units sync:

1. Between each other
2. To dropbox first then to the other cloud store
3. To Blackmagic's Cloud storage then to the other cloud store

I've been using collaborative projects along with Google Workspace quite successfully, but currently only one person has access to the raw footage, and the remote editors are only using proxies currently. I'm just not finding how this works with the Cloud Stores yet. Any insight?

The cloud stores have a setting to sync only proxies, or proxy and originals. However, I think its often just better to split out the cam raw to a separate folder on the root of your project folder. Then you control if you want to share that out or not. All other assets, renders, proxies go in another "shared" folder.

Thanks Chadwick,

What I'm still unclear about, is the requirements for the two units to "sync" and what is needed to make it happen. If I have a 1TB Blackmagic cloud storage, will both units only "sync" 1 TB of data? Do I need 48TB of cloud storage if I'm using a 48TB Cloud Store Max in order to mirror them? Or once they sync, the Cloud Storage is then freeded up for more data to sync?

For example, google workspace works like a server, and users pull down what they need locally. But when they don't need it any longer, they don't delete it locally, they just mark it as available online only. Does Blackmagic Cloud Storage work the same way? Or can it be treated more like a transfer service, where I'm just sending data to the other local storage through their service, but not keeping my data on the cloud once it reaches the other cloud store.

30TB through blackmagic is $450/month. I like the idea of the live syncing between Cloud Stores, but I'm thinking I might need a different transfer protocol or approach for the initial ingest of a project (typically 10TB). Once the raw footage is transferred, there isn't a need to keep that data in the cloud and pay for the storage there.

Hi ryan -

the sync is determined on a folder by folder basis - so whatever the size of the folder is your sync size (unless you choose to send proxy only from that folder)

the cloud provider (dropbox or blackmagic) holds onto the files - you can assign read-only or read/write permissions

the bmd cloud storage just got a big price cut so its more affordable now, but I can't find a way to sort and manage based on file size so its tough to recommend for larger production work right now