I would have to upgrade to a Business package (instead of the Home package) to have SSH, which would double the cost.
I am evaluating FTPSync. It looks like it might do the job, thanks for the suggestion Didier KO4BB > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of John Ackermann N8UR > Sent: Friday, August 22, 2008 12:55 PM > To: Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement > Subject: Re: [time-nuts] Odetics 325 & 425: File recovery > > You can pipe rsync over SSH; a lot of folks who (quite > rightly) don't permit telnet leave the SSH ports open, and > it's a lot more secure for your data, anyway. I don't recall > the exact magic to make rsync plus SSH work under Windows, > but I think you could use PuTTY or Teraterm to provide the > port forwarding. > > John > ---- > > Didier Juges wrote: > > Several people pointed me to rsync. I remember now why I do > not use it. rsync requires a client tool and a server tool, > so you have to have one part running on each machine. My ISPs > do not provide telnet access, just ftp, so I have to use a > tool that runs on the local Windows machine (I could use a > local Linux box if that's the only way) and that accesses the > other machine via ftp. > > > > So, unless I am reading this wrong, rsync is out of the > question for me. > > > > I can run all sorts of programs on the remote Linux box, as > long as I can run them through the cgi interface, so that > precludes any kind of console based interactive program. At > the moment, I have a Perl script that creates an index of all > the files on the remote machine (I use that for the Search > function on my Manuals pages), so I am considering writing a > tool that compares the local and remote directory structures > using that index so that I know which files have to be moved > in what direction. I just don't need another software project > at the moment... > > > > Didier > > > > ---- Bruce Lane <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Hi, Didier, > >> > >> I absolutely agree, and Dave Slack has given me some > good suggestions along those lines. > >> > >> Among them was an open-source product called 'rsync.' > This is the link for it. > >> > >> http://samba.anu.edu.au/rsync/ > >> > >> Happy tweaking. > >> > >> *********** REPLY SEPARATOR *********** > >> > >> On 22-Aug-08 at 03:30 Didier Juges wrote: > >> > >>> The problem nowadays is not the storage, it's the backup software. > >>> > >>> I have most of my important data in 4 places: two web sites, main > >>> 250 GB hard drive and external 500GB Western Digital USB > Hard Drive > >>> (highly recommended). What I call "important data" is about 30 GB > >>> worth of stuff that is typically copied in all 4 places. > The problem > >>> is keeping everything in sync. Syncing between two local > resources > >>> (main hard drive and USB hard > >>> drive) is not too hard, considering the transfer speed > that can be > >>> achieved, but mirroring the web resources is a pain, > partly because > >>> of speed and partly because of OS differences in file name rules > >>> (Windows/Linux). I have not found the software I wanted > (only looked > >>> at free/cheap stuff) so I am considering writing my own (Visual > >>> Basic). > >>> > >>> If anyone has suggestions for free/cheap commercial or > FOS software > >>> to sync via ftp (Windows <-> Linux), I'll be glad to hear. > >>> > >>> Didier KO4BB > >>> > >>> > >>>> -----Original Message----- > >>>> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >>>> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Hal Murray > >>>> Sent: Friday, August 22, 2008 12:46 AM > >>>> To: Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement > >>>> Subject: Re: [time-nuts] Odetics 325 & 425: File recovery > >>>> > >>>> > >>>>> I'm still picking up the pieces from a major FTP > >>>> archive crash that > >>>>> lost me a considerable amount of data. > >>>> Disks are cheap. > >>>> > >>>> Many years ago, one of the guys I worked with pointed > out to me/us > >>>> that it was cheaper to buy more disks than it was to pay > us at our > >>>> normal sallary to figure out which bits should be saved. > You can > >>>> do a lot of handwaving in that area, but that's the general idea. > >>>> > >>>> My straw man for low cost backup is a USB disk. I'm > thinking of a > >>>> real rotating disk rather than the typical flash "disk". > >>>> The key idea is that after you pull the cable, your > system can't > >>>> trash the bits. That is neither software nor fat fingers will > >>>> delete anything. It isn't perfect, but it's close and simple. > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> Any interesting bits should be backed up multiple ways. If > >>>> any time-nuts > >>>> have bits that aren't (well) backed up, please contact > me off line > >>>> so we can work out some way to add another backup copy to the > >>>> system. > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> -- > >>>> These are my opinions, not necessarily my employer's. 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