Re: [gentoo-user] How to synchronise between 2 locations

[tastytea <gentoo@tastytea.de>]

On 2024-03-27 20:54+0100 Frank Steinmetzger <Warp_7@gmx.de> wrote:

> Am Wed, Mar 27, 2024 at 03:42:07PM -0400 schrieb Matt Connell:
> > On Wed, 2024-03-27 at 19:58 +0100, J. Roeleveld wrote:  
> > > Hi all,
> > > 
> > > I am looking for a way to synchronise a filesystem between 2
> > > servers. Changes can occur on both sides which means I need to
> > > have it synchronise in both directions.
> > > 
> > > Does anyone have any thoughts on this?
> > > 
> > > Also, both servers are connected using a slow VPN link, which is
> > > why I can't simply access files on the remote server.  
> > 
> > I've been using syncthing for years and am extremely pleased with
> > it. It works so well that I sometimes forget that its there, truly
> > in the It Just Works category of software.  
> 
> Syncthing is also a good idea. The major difference: syncthing is a 
> permanently running daemon, so changes are synced very fast (the
> interval is configurable, IIRC). OTOH, Unison is run individually by
> you. That’s why I prefer the latter: in case I broke some file on my
> machine, I can get it back from another machine without having to
> break out the backup disk (which may not even have what I need
> because my backup interval is too big).

syncthing has inbuilt backups if you enable it 😉