Anyone got a favorite?

8/4/2006 8:26:00 AM

what is your goal? to sync multiple files up on 2 or more computers?

ftp typically isn't the best way to do this unless they are only in 1 directory

if they are and you really want to use ftp - i recommend flashfxp - ctrl-d removes duplicate files (but regardless of size) - you can setup transfer rules for files that already exist for files smaller/same size/larger

8/4/2006 8:28:27 AM

theres a folder on a web hosts server where a company store files (some as big as 200-300MB)

~10 users between 2 offices need to access these same files.

i thought about ftp sync programs, but decided against that. so at this point im thinking basic ftp access setup on each useres pc.

anyone have a better idea?

8/5/2006 6:36:54 PM

netdrive is nice

8/5/2006 10:37:55 PM

netdrive looks nice, but i'm having a problem (it must be a simple fix...its late )
when i try to connect to ftp://ftp.ncsu.edu with netdrive I get "Can't connect to ftp://ftp.ncsu.edu, Can't reslove URL ftp://ftp.ncsu.edu Any ideas?


anyone know whats up with that or know another way to map to an ftp drive?

[Edited on August 8, 2006 at 3:04 AM. Reason : ]

8/8/2006 2:42:00 AM

also, a question on security: Does netdrive use encryption? I've noticed some of the FTP programs use encrytpion and was wondering if the free products measure up.

8/8/2006 3:16:19 AM

you need an sftp server or an ftp server that supports ftp over ssl. eos/unity provides neither. you can use scp, but I don't know of any scp programs for windows besides winscp and secure shell

8/8/2006 3:31:36 AM

bttt

8/13/2006 8:41:43 AM

Not sure what you are trying to do, but you could mount your NCSU space as a drive, and flashfxp it as a local drive to wherever else it needs to go.

8/13/2006 9:55:52 AM

if you have ssh access, check out rsync. It's a commandline unix utility that backs up/syncs through a secure shell.

If the servers you have run unix, chances are it's already installed. If they run Windows, I'd check out cwRsync (http://www.itefix.no/cwrsync/). I use both the unix version (on my powerbook) and cwRsync on my XP desktop to backup my stuff to a backup machine, and it works beautifully.

I put it all in a script and set it up under crontab/systemscheduler, and every night at 3am both computers backup

8/13/2006 12:35:09 PM

Perlith:

Quote :

"theres a folder on a web hosts server where a company store files (some as big as 200-300MB) ~10 users between 2 offices need to access these same files."

Since there are so many users accessing these files, I've ruled out FTP Sync as a solution. I'm really looking for another solution here...Netdrive looked perfect but I've had problems setting it up. Any other ideas? I think I would like all 10 users to have a folder on their desktop where they could click it and be looking at the remote folder.


^Everything is windows based.

8/13/2006 9:05:59 PM

Are they all on the same network? Maybe just do simple file sharing then, and everyone works off of the remote directory.

If they're not on the same network, use a program like Hamachi and do the same thing.

8/13/2006 9:12:49 PM

no, one office is in the northeast and one is here in raleigh

8/13/2006 10:05:21 PM

will sharepoint do it across networks?

8/13/2006 10:39:04 PM

vpn filesharing would do what you want, however I cannot endorse the ms software implementation of ipsec, it's trash

8/14/2006 3:41:37 AM