Folder Syncronization Software

Vander · Post by **Vander** » Sat Nov 05, 2005 2:49 pm

I'm trying to find a program that will keep an accurate copy of a folder. If I remove a file in the source folder, I'd like the program to remove the file in the destination folder at sync time. Preferrably, this program would run from command-line so that I can use Task Scheduler to run it nightly.

The program has to be freeware. Anyone know of such a program?

CDN_Merlin · Post by **CDN_Merlin** » Sat Nov 05, 2005 4:40 pm

http://www.downloadjunction.com/product ... index.html

Vander · Post by **Vander** » Sat Nov 05, 2005 5:56 pm

I tried Comparator, and I know someone who could make good use of it, but I'm going to need something that doesn't require user interaction, and can be scheduled using Task Scheduler. It doesn't look Comparator can do that.

Thanks, though.

Cuda68-2 · Post by **Cuda68-2** » Sat Nov 05, 2005 6:49 pm

If you have a Linux box use CVS.

CVS is a version control system, an important component of Source Configuration ... CVS is a production quality system in wide use around the world

www.nongnu.org/cvs/

Vander · Post by **Vander** » Sat Nov 05, 2005 7:55 pm

This is on SBS2003.

I think I found the program I want. SyncBack. They have a freeware version that does just what I want.

DCrazy · Post by **DCrazy** » Sat Nov 05, 2005 10:22 pm

Subversion is a hell of a lot easier to set up than CVS if you decide to go the SCM route. But I'm glad there's a Windows program to do it. I wonder if it has FTP support...

Vander · Post by **Vander** » Sun Nov 06, 2005 1:40 pm

SyncBack does exactly what I want, and is pretty slick. If you have different sync needs for different directories, you can set up seperate profiles for the different directories. You can then group the profiles into a single task. It has integration with Task Scheduler. So I created a bunch of profiles to suit my needs, grouped them together into a single task, and scheduled the task to run nightly at 4am.

It ran flawlessly last night, and took care of the issue I had with Backups taking longer and longer. SyncBack only takes a few minutes to run, as it only transfers changes. NTBackup would transfer all the data, which is currently around 40gb and constantly growing.

The website says it has FTP support, but I haven't looked into it since I don't need the functionality.

Mobius · Post by **Mobius** » Sun Nov 06, 2005 2:08 pm

Merlin - does that app work on Network Drives?

It'd be perfect for my media server.

Vindicator · Post by **Vindicator** » Mon Nov 07, 2005 11:38 pm

Just tried Syncback and I'm very impressed. I now have biweekly backups of all my important files, fully automated, and it doesnt take very long to set up or perform the backups either

Good find Vander, thanks.

Sligar · Post by **Sligar** » Wed Nov 09, 2005 12:22 pm

Yes, good find. I've been looking for something like this for a while now, and the programs I've tried have pretty much sucked.

Microsoft SyncToy: locks up with 100% cpu.

SyncFolder, Allwaysync:
These two had some problems which I can't completely remember, but it amounted to either being uber slow or acting funny, ie it didn't look like they were getting the right files. There was also the issue of the language barrier for one program; I think the author was japanese and it was hard to figure out what the different modes were.

Vander · Post by **Vander** » Wed Nov 09, 2005 1:18 pm

I'm glad SyncBack is useful for you guys, too.