File sync between computers?

[VinylxScratches]

Aside from Unisys and Spideroak/Dropbox, is there any solution that I can do for file syncing?


Currently I have a Laptop running OpenSuse 11.4 and a server running OpenSuse 11.4.

I have a RSync script that syncs files one way to the server from the laptop.

I am going to introduce a Windows laptop and another PC running CentOS.

I would like my ~/Music ~/Documents etc.... synced up via SSH someway so all computers have the same files and updates. I can't seem to find a solution, looks like it needs to be centralized somehow

 

[themillak]

i found a program called luckybackup in the ubuntu repositories that looks like it can do backups/syncs (uses rsync) but I haven't had a chance to play with it yet.

 

[Scarpozzi]

Maybe a better solution would be looking into a media server solution like TwonkyServer.

http://www.twonky.com/

That will allow you to stream media from your SuSE boxes when you need it so you don't have to worry about synchronization issues.

If you want a good sync product, try iFolder. I've not managed an iFolder server since version 2.1, but you can get it from SourceForge and read about it here:
http://www.kablink.org/ifolder

You setup a web server (on linux) and it uses the web server to send/receive files to and from your clients. Each client will have its own local folder that actively syncs with the server. It's a great solution and is pretty stable.

 

[MrColin]

I'm partial to rsync scripts and cron for this kind of thing. For the new windows machine you might like to get comfy with robocopy and using the new task scheduler (that is if you are using samba at all).

 

[skrewler2]

So many different options..
-Dropbox
-Amazon's s3 and do s3sync,
-Unison (http://www.cis.upenn.edu/~bcpierce/unison/)
-Git, svn, or some other SCM