I've had the same problem. I started down the same path as you but
found I spend more time managing the synchronization system than getting
what I wanted to do done. My solution is simple, thumb drive. I
purchased a sandisk drive a while back but was unsatisfied with the
speed. I just recently purchased a 1 gig drive from ocz
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16820203003
I sports dual channel memory that is really fast. It is fast enough
that I can build and run my apps right from the drive. Now my data goes
where I go, even my work computer which is a possibility you left out of
your scenario.
Brian
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So I'm moving next week and, in preparation, I'm contemplating how I
want to have my computers set up, and so I'm interested to hear how
the pluggers manage their own configurations.
I have a Mac Mini, a Windows laptop, and a Linux desktop machine, each
of which I use on a regular basis for varying tasks: web browsing,
email, coding, chat, games, listening to music, and watching videos
(hooked up to the TV).
The biggest issue is that of sharing data. Some data can be stored and
accessed remotely (mp3s, for example) and streamed to whichever
computer wants to use that data at the particular time. Other files
would preferably be cached locally (videos, for example, which at high
resolutions can hiccup if streamed--or perhaps even programming
projects I'm working on, since compilation, editing, and searching
through large codebases goes faster with a local copy). Others will
need to be capable of merging changes (if I'm coding on the road on my
laptop, for example).
Samba seems like the solution of choice for filesharing from a central
server (which would more than likely be the always-on Linux box), but
I'm not sure about the rest of it.
It seems like what would be coolest would be something where I could,
for example, have everything stored on the Linux box as a central
server, and then each computer could "subscribe" to a subset of
directories, which are then cached locally and changes mirrored. For
example, the Mac Mini might subscribe to a directory of digital
photos. If I plug my digital camera into the Mac Mini and copy photos
into that directory on the local hard drive, that night they'll
automatically get mirrored to the server. If I plug my digital camera
into my Linux box and copy photos onto its local hard drive, that
night they'll automatically get sent to the Mac Mini.
My Windows laptop could be "subscribed" to a different set of
directories, for example a directory containing a bunch of Windows
games. If I'm on the road and download a new game, when I get home
that night I can sync up and that game will be stored on the server. I
could even have my Windows laptop also subscribe to my digital photos
directory, maybe to edit some of the pictures or take them over to
someone's house. While subscribed, any new photos I downloaded to the
Mac Mini would automatically get mirrored to both the Linux box and
the Windows laptop as well. If I was running short of disk space on
the laptop, I could unsubscribe to the photos directory and everything
would be deleted locally, but I could sleep soundly knowing that all
the photos were safe on the server. If I ever needed them back on the
laptop I could simply resubscribe and wait for everything to copy back
over.
Does anything like this exist? Would something rsync-based work, or
would it break whenever (a) the clocks got off-sync, or (b) multiple
changes happened to a single file? Do any of you use something
similar, or do you have an entirely different (and perhaps superior?)
arrangement?
Thanks!
~ Ross
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