# What should I not use syncthing for?

**URL:** https://forum.syncthing.net/t/what-should-i-not-use-syncthing-for/5120
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**Created:** [July 7, 2015, 7:44am UTC](https://forum.syncthing.net/t/what-should-i-not-use-syncthing-for/5120 "2015-07-07T07:44:38Z")
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### Author: ![lfam](https://forum.syncthing.net/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/l/ea666f/32.png) [@lfam](https://forum.syncthing.net/u/lfam)
#### Post date: [July 7, 2015, 6:07pm UTC](https://forum.syncthing.net/t/what-should-i-not-use-syncthing-for/5120/2 "2015-07-07T18:07:45Z")

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You should have multiple backups of any file you care about, regardless of whether or not you let Syncthing touch it.

But, Syncthing has been “safe” in my experience. I haven’t heard of any catastrophes from people using it.

There are still some issues being worked out. For example, internal database corruptions for some users: [Panic: leveldb/table: corruption on data-block](https://forum.syncthing.net/t/panic-leveldb-table-corruption-on-data-block/2526)

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