Nice simple sync software?

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Shaggy8675

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I was just wondering which sync software is good for my use.

I backup to external hdd's. The things i need to backup are photographs, e-mails en some programs. And instead of backing up by just copying folders to the external hdd's, i now want to go to a small easy to use sync program.

Just that i can set it up, choose the folders to sync, connect ext.hdd and it runs without thinking. It just ads the new photographs i took etc. and ready. Not hours of time to copy files from A to B.

Who can advise me on a good simple to use program. Free-ware would be great, but paid software is also ok.
 
if you are using Windows:

use robocopy, always the best and included for free with Win7
there is also a gui available but its a ultra simple cli command

ex (cli command or a batch-file)

robocopy c:\folder e:\folder /mir
will keep these folder in sync

google for more command options

Gea
 
SyncToy
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I tried that at work but did not like it since I had to confirm before the sync actually happened. So after it spent 2 hours trying to figure out what had changed then it wanted me to confirm, annoying. Instead I went with RichCopy (available on some Microsoft blog) which does not need the confirm step.

http://social.technet.microsoft.com.../thread/33971726-eeb7-4452-bebf-02ed6518743e/

http://www.symantec.com/connect/articles/readyhow-replicate-file-shares-using-microsoft-richcopy
 
_Gea said:
if you are using Windows:

use robocopy, always the best and included for free with Win7
there is also a gui available but its a ultra simple cli command

ex (cli command or a batch-file)

robocopy c:\folder e:\folder /mir
will keep these folder in sync

google for more command options

Gea
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Richcopy is free from MS as well and has more features as well as being multithreaded.
It has a GUI but can also be run from the command prompt.
 
cyclone3d said:
Richcopy is free from MS as well and has more features as well as being multithreaded.
It has a GUI but can also be run from the command prompt.
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Thanks for posting, I've been looking for something like this for myself. :)
 
I use IdleBackup to copy my important stuff to my NAS. It may give errors if your backup drive isn't always available, but it should work.
 
cyclone3d said:
Richcopy is free from MS as well and has more features as well as being multithreaded.
It has a GUI but can also be run from the command prompt.
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Richcopy is an ideal copy and move tool.
If you want just keep two folders in sync, use robocopy
see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robocopy

create a batch-file ex sync.cmd with the content:
robocopy c:\folder e:\folder /mir

or
robocopy c:\folder \\server\folder /mir

set a planned task (ex daily) and your folder is always in sync

Gea
 
drescherjm said:
I tried that at work but did not like it since I had to confirm before the sync actually happened. So after it spent 2 hours trying to figure out what had changed then it wanted me to confirm, annoying. Instead I went with RichCopy (available on some Microsoft blog) which does not need the confirm step.

http://social.technet.microsoft.com.../thread/33971726-eeb7-4452-bebf-02ed6518743e/

http://www.symantec.com/connect/articles/readyhow-replicate-file-shares-using-microsoft-richcopy
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Erm, in those two hours you should have come across SyncToyCmd.exe, the command-line interface for synctoy. This can be scheduled, automated, called from desktop shortcuts etc... with no confirmation or selection of pair.
 
SirMaster said:
I would recommend rsync.
Very simple and powerful CLI sync program. Mainly used in Unix-like environments, but they have a Windows implementation too.

The Windows implementation of rsync is called DeltaCopy:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DeltaCopy
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Another one up for rsync

It's unbelieveable how I can go to any of my Ubuntu or FreeBSD machines and use rsync to move over terabytes of data quickly, easily, and in a reliable manner

I also use rsync with ssh -e parameter so you can transfer across WANs, rsync + ssh keys makes it incredibly simple to create a bash script backing up what ever you want whenever you want.
 
Goodsync (www.goodsync.com). Its not free ($30 for the first PC, $10 each after). But it is rock-solid. Works well with Samba, NFS & FTP. Has intuitive include/exclude filters. Includes a good integration with windows scheduler for automated sync. Has a free-eval version.
 
Sync Toy + Task Scheduler works great for me.

I use it to sync a few folders on my C drive to an internal USB stick.
 
drescherjm said:
I used both of those before I found RichCopy. They were both fine but I did not want to have to confirm before the sync actually happened.
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I'm currently using both with Task Scheduler for my nightly backups on different machines and neither one requires confirmation before syncing. Did you try them with the scheduler?
 
I've used SyncToy in the past, but didnt really like it as it was "too involved" for what it did.

If I needed to copy a couple hundred GB and didnt want to be asked questions about duplicates or CRC errors with the ability to resume, I use TeraCopy.

If I wanted a regular background file copy for the sake of backup, with options for differential, incremental, and encrypted copies, I use Cobian Backup.

-Cool-
 
Synctoy myself. Use automated CLI to make it all work automagically.
 
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