# Question about download count

**URL:** <https://forum.storj.io/t/question-about-download-count/27404>\
**Category:** Product Discussions\
**Created:** [August 5, 2024, 8:57am UTC](https://forum.storj.io/t/question-about-download-count/27404 "2024-08-05T08:57:05Z")\
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**Author:** ![Tolotos](https://storj.bcdn.literatehosting.com/user_avatar/forum.storj.io/tolotos/32/1135_2.png) [@Tolotos](https://forum.storj.io/u/Tolotos)\
**Post date:** [August 5, 2024, 8:57am UTC](https://forum.storj.io/t/question-about-download-count/27404/1 "2024-08-05T08:57:05Z")

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Hi,  
I’m currently testing Storj as a cloud target for my NAS backup.  
During this test I transfered some GB into Storj and now wondering why the dashbord shows me 8GB upload and 75GB download. I started the backup job automatically to synchronize the data. Does the check if a file exists in Storj let the download count explode?  
Yours Tolotos

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**Author:** ![littleskunk](https://storj.bcdn.literatehosting.com/user_avatar/forum.storj.io/littleskunk/32/63_2.png) [@littleskunk](https://forum.storj.io/u/littleskunk)\
**Post date:** [August 5, 2024, 9:29am UTC](https://forum.storj.io/t/question-about-download-count/27404/2 "2024-08-05T09:29:16Z")

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> [@Tolotos](#):
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> Does the check if a file exists in Storj let the download count explode?

Depends on the tool. I am using duplicati and there is a flag to tell it to only check the file listing to verify the integrity of the backup. Without that flag duplicati would download and probe some files.

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**Author:** ![Tolotos](https://storj.bcdn.literatehosting.com/user_avatar/forum.storj.io/tolotos/32/1135_2.png) [@Tolotos](https://forum.storj.io/u/Tolotos)\
**Post date:** [August 5, 2024, 1:33pm UTC](https://forum.storj.io/t/question-about-download-count/27404/3 "2024-08-05T13:33:37Z")

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Thanks, I used the Asustor buildin Cloud-Storage app. Looks like the app do the download to compare.  
I’ll looking into duplicati or another backup solution.

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**Author:** ![littleskunk](https://storj.bcdn.literatehosting.com/user_avatar/forum.storj.io/littleskunk/32/63_2.png) [@littleskunk](https://forum.storj.io/u/littleskunk)\
**Post date:** [August 5, 2024, 4:38pm UTC](https://forum.storj.io/t/question-about-download-count/27404/4 "2024-08-05T16:38:44Z")

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> [@Tolotos](#):
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> I’ll looking into duplicati or another backup solution.

I am not an expert. There might be better tools out there. I think the tool that is most used is rclone and included in that might be some restic that calls rclone under the hood. Just to give you some alternatives. I stick with duplicati because it is enough for my simple backup job and I don’t have the need for a more specialized backup job.