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How to maintain data in 2 shares synced
I have a buffalo terastation with 150GB of data on it. I need to sync this data to a share on a Windows 2003 server. What tool can I use to accomplish this? The tool I select must be able to run as a service or script and must reliably sync the data day in day out without any interaction from me. Thanks
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Forgot to mention..it also copy's ACL and Ownership info....if you don't want that...take out the /O switch.. and use the /Z switch on the end...
If a scheduled sync as xuserx2000 suits I would recommend using Robocopy istead of XCopy. It is part of the Windows 2003 Resource Kit. Using the /MIR switch it will also delete files from the desitination to keep the directories truly in sync. XCopy won't delete at the destination, so over time if files are being deleted on the source the directories will not be in-sync)
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What happens when a file is deleted on the source directory - does this script also delete the file on the destination directory?
If a file is deleted in the source directory Robocopy will delete it from the destination. However if a file is deleted in the destination Robocopy will NOT delete it in the source, instead it will copy the file from the source to the destination. This is because Robocopy is meant more for backup/data-transfer then 2 way synchronisation.
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Thanks Everyone. I found the VIce Versa application to be the easiest to implement and monitor. All good answers though - hope I was fair w/the point distribution.