[NBLUG/talk] Synchronizing strategies

Zack Gold zg at nblug.org
Sat Nov 22 10:43:03 PST 2014


rsync + cron?
On Nov 22, 2014 1:36 PM, "Omar Eljumaily" <omar at omnicode.com> wrote:

> Does anybody know about file synchronization strategies, mainly for
> synching from a local file server to a cloud?  What I'm trying to
> accomplish is:
>
> 1. Any file that gets modified on the LAN server gets up-synched to the
> cloud say every hour.
>
> 2. Any file on the cloud that gets modified on the cloud gets down-synced
> to the LAN server.
>
> 3. All file overwrites in both places are archived before overwriting.
>
> 4. In case of a file in both locations being modified before or during
> when they are synched, a notification is sent to the owner of the file.
>
> I have about 1 terabyte worth of files that need to be synched like this.
> Some of the things I'm wondering are:
>
> 1. Is doing a modification directory search on 1 tb every hour going to
> place undo strain on the disk.
>
> 2. Are there any products, preferably open source, that do this already.
>
> Anybody have any info/input would be greatly appreciated.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Omar
>
>
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