Mirror/backup Software Real Time

[Perryg114]

I am looking for some sort of program that will allow me to copy directories to remote hard drives on another machine like a network drive. A RAID system won't do what I want unless I get one of those expensive network drives. I already have network drives on other computers it would be silly not to use them.

Perry

 

[tw1164]

Have you tried SyncToy yet?

 

[Sam25]

Yes, +1 for SyncToy. Here's a tutorial here for the software:
http://www.pchell.com/support/synctoy.shtml

 

[Perryg114]

Will Synctoy do real time backups? I want something to mirror files as they are created.

Perry

 

[sourceninja]

http://www.vttoth.com/mirror.htm

 

[nordloewelabs]

i believe SyncBack can do it. there's a free and a paid version.

 

[deepakvrao]

For realtime online backup syncplicity is fabulous. If you do decide on it could you let me mail you an invite? I get extra space then. BTW it works great.

 

[Perryg114]

Ok Guys I will check out these options. I have a copy of acronis trueimage which work great for creating whole disk backup images but it is a little buggy for doing short interval backups. At best it will update once a minute but it does not like it if the file is still in the process of being written. I get sharing violations.

Perry

 

[Perryg114]

Originally posted by: nordloewelabs
i believe SyncBack can do it. there's a free and a paid version.

It looks like SyncBack won't do real time backups either. It seems to have the same scheduling limitations as the other programs I have seen do.

Perry

 

[Perryg114]

Originally posted by: deepakvrao
For realtime online backup syncplicity is fabulous. If you do decide on it could you let me mail you an invite? I get extra space then. BTW it works great.

Email me perryg114@yahoo.com it looks like syncplicity with do what I need.

Perry

 

[Zoinks]

List of online sync tools: http://www.pcworld.com/article/149049/article.html

 

[JDMnAR1]

We use MirrorFolder for a couple of things.

 

[Elias824]

to keep a real time copy of your hard drive going across your network would be pretty intensive. maybe do real time backups of specific folders, and the occasional disc image.