# Devices seem to not be syncing

**URL:** https://forum.syncthing.net/t/devices-seem-to-not-be-syncing/19799
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [February 13, 2023, 9:41pm UTC](https://forum.syncthing.net/t/devices-seem-to-not-be-syncing/19799 "2023-02-13T21:41:05Z")
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### Author: ![InteXX](https://forum.syncthing.net/user_avatar/forum.syncthing.net/intexx/32/9963_2.png) [@InteXX](https://forum.syncthing.net/u/InteXX)
#### Post date: [February 17, 2023, 12:15am UTC](https://forum.syncthing.net/t/devices-seem-to-not-be-syncing/19799/13 "2023-02-17T00:15:39Z")

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> The RPi 3 B has enough horsepower for Syncthing with a little work tweaking the setup.

I could use some of that right now! See my [latest post](https://forum.syncthing.net/t/initial-sync-still-deathly-slow-on-the-rpi/19813).

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> > - If it is the RPi 3, are Syncthing’s database files stored on the micro SD card?
> > - _[Good question, I don’t know! How does one go about determining that?]_
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> By default the database files are located near Syncthing’s config file. On Linux it’s usually under `~/.config/syncthing/` in a subdirectory like `index-v0.14.0.d` for the user running Syncthing.

Is it wise to put them somewhere else? If so, is that a how-to that’s documented somewhere? FAQ isn’t giving up anything, nor is Usage TOC. (At least nothing jumped right out at me.)

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> It looks like your 10TB WD Elements (WDBWLG0100HBK-NESN) is [CMR](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perpendicular_recording) rather than [SMR](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shingled_magnetic_recording), which is good because SMR + lots of small files + lots of disk writes often doesn’t work well (especially when combined with NTFS).

Obee kaybee… how did you manage to go about spotting _that_ one?

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> > - How is the 10TB USB drive formatted?
> > - _[Was NTFS, now is ext4.]_
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> Much better… 🤓

😇

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> > VirtualBox is a Type 2 hypervisor, which means it supports USB pass-through.
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> A creative solution that’d work, but a few other options that might be of interest… 🙂
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> - Linux Reader ([https://diskinternals.com/linux-reader/](https://diskinternals.com/linux-reader/))
> - explore2fs ([https://explore2fspe.sourceforge.io/](https://explore2fspe.sourceforge.io/))
> - Ext2 IFS For Windows ([http://fs-driver.org/](http://fs-driver.org/))

Interesting, thanks! I’ll have a look.

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