Efficient Data back-ups
Efficient Data back-ups
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Hello All,
This is my first post on the computer forum. I would like some data back-up advice.
I work in two locations (lets call them L1 and L2). I would like to keep my main base for the data files at L1. However, whilst I am working at L1 at the end of the day I would like to take the latest data with me without quickly (without having to wait ages to copy the files to a external harddrive). Then after updating the data at L2, I would like to update the data at L1. I will have at least 50-60GB of data soon. I hope this makes sense?
Any advice on this, with options and ideal solutions?
Thanks
OptiEng
This is my first post on the computer forum. I would like some data back-up advice.
I work in two locations (lets call them L1 and L2). I would like to keep my main base for the data files at L1. However, whilst I am working at L1 at the end of the day I would like to take the latest data with me without quickly (without having to wait ages to copy the files to a external harddrive). Then after updating the data at L2, I would like to update the data at L1. I will have at least 50-60GB of data soon. I hope this makes sense?
Any advice on this, with options and ideal solutions?
Thanks
OptiEng





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{I personally have never been able to get rsync to do _exactly_ what I thought it was going to do, but that may well be pilot error. There are many options, and the man pages are written in geeklish.}
Mike Halloran
Pembroke Pines, FL, USA
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You would probably think I could just transfer the things that have changed. But I change things I lots of folders and keeping a track of that would be tricky.
Thanks for you input everyone
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When you get to L2, the program can then hunt down the differences and update L2 with the changed files.
Note that the program will transfer two-ways, so any file on L2 that has been updated would cause the program to update the stick with the changed file, and the next time you get back to L1, the program will then update the corresponding file on L1.
While I use GoodSync, the built-in "Briefcase" functionality in Windows will supposedly do the about same thing. I've had problems with Briefcase, but it does work. I can't quite remember if it does periodic updates; I vaguely recall that it needed to be manually commanded to update.
GoodSync has a demo that you can download to test it out: http://www.goodsync.com/freevpro.html
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Like the others said, if you setup a batch file to run about an hour before you leave, then it won't take so long at the end of the day.
Of course, if you really are *changing* 50gb of data per day, then you are still at the mercy of the speed of the USB stick when you get to L2.
I haven't had any personal experience with it, but isn't eSATA supposed to be fairly fast? Might be something to look into (but could require new hardware at both locations)
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It's probably a couple of minutes extra for about 10 different folders that I synchronize.
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Thanks for your help and advice. Is there any freeware software that can do a similar job to GoodSync?
What happens if you have a file open and Goodsync tries to make a backup of it?
Thanks again.
OptiEng
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Thanks for your input, you suggestion is good. However, I already have remote access, but this only allows me "access" to the files. I would need to electronically transfer this file from the computer I am accessing remotely to the computer I am working from.
For exmaple if I am working on graphics, this seems to run very slowly when through "remote access".
Thanks