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The WebDAV clients mount your ownCloud storage on your desktop.  Files are not copied, e.g., when you edit a file you edit the original file on the WestGrid ownCloud system on Bugaboo.

When you connect with a Synchronization client the first thing these clients do is to synchronize your files stored in the WestGrid ownCloud systems with a copy of those files on your own desktop or laptop. All files that are different get downloaded to your own client. When files are changed they are re-copied to all the synchronized systems to ensure that the files are the same everywhere.  The synchronization copies can take a lot of time when you (and/or your collaborators) change files frequently. The advantage is that you can work on the files offline, i.e., when you do not have network connectivity.  They will be synchronized when network connectivity is re-established.