On Aug 21, 2009, at 9:22 AM, Robert Citek wrote: >> Also, that is NOT a job for Dropbox. With more than 50,000 files, >> Dropbox grinds to a painful halt. > > I can see that for many files in one folder. But what about many > small files organized into directories and subdirectories?
50,000 files ANYWHERE, in ANY file structure. >> I've been using CrashPlan (not FLOSS) & really like it. Works on >> Linux, Mac, & Windows. Here's the interesting part: while it costs >> $5/ >> mo to back up to their servers, you can use the software to back up >> to >> other machines for free. So maybe that would do what you want. > > These are two machines that are behind the corporate firewall. So an > off-site solution wouldn't work. So why wouldn't CrashPlan work? Just don't use the offsite backup option. >> Other than that, designate one machine as the master & use rsync. > > That's what I've done in the past and has worked fairly well. I was > just wondering if there was a way to have two (or more) machines > considered as peers and then do some syncing magic. Not with rsync, to my knowledge. Scott -- R. Scott Granneman [email protected] ~ www.granneman.com Full list of publications @ http://www.granneman.com/publications My new book: Google Apps Deciphered @ http://www.granneman.com/books "I'll be dead in cold, cold ground before I recognize the state of Missourah!" ---Homer Simpson's father Abe explaining why he owned a 49-star American flag --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Central West End Linux Users Group (via Google Groups) Main page: http://www.cwelug.org To post: [email protected] To subscribe: [email protected] To unsubscribe: [email protected] More options: http://groups.google.com/group/cwelug -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
