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Question about Cloning Software

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I am working at a media company, and we currently have three identical 4tb hard drives. Editors check these out to work on projects and then return them when the project is finished.

I am looking for a way to make sure that the data gets cloned to all three drives, so that it is identical between them. I have done this manually thus far but I am looking for a piece of software, where I can plug the three drives into a computer and have the software make sure that the drives are all backed up to each other.

Do you know of anything like this?
 
I'd rather just get a duplicator dock. Slam in the drives, press the clone button and go for lunch.
 
More than 1 disk can be out at a time, right? So you need sync software, not cloning, because you won't have a defined master drive.
 
Yes HammerSandwich, I don't have a defined master drive, the data could be different across the three drives. Can you link to such software? I am using Usb as the interface, a duplicator dock is not an option, because I am using WD Elements Hard drive companies.
 
Okay, I'll look into that is there a way I can automate the process between the three drives? Or do I have to plug 1 and 2 in run the sync, then 2 and 3, then 1 and 3?
 
Try it, FFS! (That's meant to be punny.)

It doesn't do 3-way folder pairing per se, but you can add multiple pairings to 1 sync job. Also, you can call jobs from batch, & FFS can expand environment variables. It's pretty flexible.

Other things I like about it are built-in versioning, XML config files, monthly updates & better reliability (just my anecdotal experience here) than some others I've tried. For example, Synctoy gets strange with lots of files.
 
Man you need a better system. Whats to say one doesn't get corrupted and synced to the other 3?
 
sounds like you need a SAN

what kind of media company works off a single drive/editor that gets shared around? :confused:
 
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