From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) key-exchange X25519 server-signature RSA-PSS (2048 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id D9A94158041 for ; Wed, 27 Mar 2024 20:12:53 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id ED2F32BC018; Wed, 27 Mar 2024 20:12:48 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail.tzend.de (mail.tzend.de [IPv6:2a03:4000:27:4d1::2]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) key-exchange X25519 server-signature RSA-PSS (4096 bits) server-digest SHA256) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 42F032BC013 for ; Wed, 27 Mar 2024 20:12:48 +0000 (UTC) Received: from ventiloplattform.tastytea.de (p200300c08738580033f8d12aa2aea6e1.dip0.t-ipconnect.de [IPv6:2003:c0:8738:5800:33f8:d12a:a2ae:a6e1]) by mail.tzend.de (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 332639A2955 for ; Wed, 27 Mar 2024 21:12:47 +0100 (CET) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=tastytea.de; s=mail; t=1711570367; bh=k6gdu3XiS0wJ5EZbkyo6/n9xeBrUFqV3QrazJJXFUHM=; h=Date:From:To:Subject:In-Reply-To:References; b=VWFraha+quQXjXmisFbwWmiI588rFcmHIBMiFxVBIAuINcpD0+8v4KAu/qwPAY+XO G8+k/wi2yUi8iJUBfIs3wpeDncr2WqozGaY+nzqEwrPIHHB0l8/DAvUldF183kHJgo IsXHR5dVkwVserjeTLURmPDweAwDHykbyHvIamHY= Date: Wed, 27 Mar 2024 21:12:45 +0100 From: tastytea To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] How to synchronise between 2 locations Message-ID: <20240327211245.065f45bc@ventiloplattform.tastytea.de> In-Reply-To: References: <12420309.O9o76ZdvQC@persephone> <40c2f911b307734818f604b5f920abdf9510bc7f.camel@connell.tech> Clacks-Overhead: GNU Terry Pratchett Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org X-Auto-Response-Suppress: DR, RN, NRN, OOF, AutoReply MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Archives-Salt: 851ca26f-a725-4e4d-bae8-a3665be4a19d X-Archives-Hash: 514be09359635a4876aa28c369155117 On 2024-03-27 20:54+0100 Frank Steinmetzger 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: =20 > > > Hi all, > > >=20 > > > 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. > > >=20 > > > Does anyone have any thoughts on this? > > >=20 > > > Also, both servers are connected using a slow VPN link, which is > > > why I can't simply access files on the remote server. =20 > >=20 > > 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. =20 >=20 > Syncthing is also a good idea. The major difference: syncthing is a=20 > permanently running daemon, so changes are synced very fast (the > interval is configurable, IIRC). OTOH, Unison is run individually by > you. That=E2=80=99s 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 =F0=9F=98=89