On Wednesday, 27 March 2024 20:54:14 CET 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:
> > > 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).

I had a quick look and it seems to depend on systems running outside of my 
network. Can it be used without any link to a "centralised" server?

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Joost