Sync questions Options

[blearyeye]

I have tried (and uninstalled) a fair variety of sync products by now. None of them have satisfied my core requirements. I'd like to get an idea about this product before I spend a lot of time installing & testing. How does this product handle the following?

- Sync should occur both on the local network and over the internet (Foldershare aka MS Live Sync and Beinsync do)
- Alternatively, sync should occur wrt a central server that's hosted by the provider (Syncplicity does)
- Alternatively, sync should occur locally and wrt an sftp site (Super Flexible File System). If sftp, folder/file timestamps s/b preserved (SFFS does, GoodSync does not)

- Sync should handle local network drives (Foldershare does not)

- Sync should be "real time" -- event driven (most do) or scheduled (some do)

- Support s/b responsive (Beinsync is worst by far, Syncplicity and SFF are good)

- Service s/b reliable (Beinsync is bad, Foldershare sometimes offline, others seem good)

- Should sync hidden files/folders; should not consider files different if they vary only by hidden attribute (most do; Syncplicity does not sync hidden files/folders at all)

- Sync should support file/folder modifications, deletions, renames without confusion (all do)

- Should manage conflicts intelligently (conflict = replicas of a file that have been separately modified between sync events, such as when off-line) (SFFS does not notify of conflicts, Foldershare & Beinsync produce multiple versions of the file with varying names, Syncplicity permits resolution from a console)

- Should support versioning as an option. Version retention should be based on time (e.g., last 30 days), number (up to 5 versions) and size (only less than 1mb) (Syncplicity has some, SFFS by number of versions only, others do not)

- Should retain versions under rename (SFFS does not)

- Should retain deleted files, subject to versioning (none that I’ve seen do this)

[PS_Support]

blearyeye,

The ability to connect to a local network share comes with the PeerSync base product. However, if you need to connect to your
remote computer across the Internet, you would require the TCP WAN Connector add-on component and/or the FTP component (SFTP is not directly supported by PeerSync).

PeerSync does handle local network drives.

PeerSync gives you real-time as well as scheduled synchronization.

We believe our support team surpasses all competitors.

Our product can be configured to run as a service on your local computer.

PeerSync can synchronize hidden files/folders; you can configure PeerSync as to whether or not you want to include attribute changes as criteria for synchronization.

PeerSync will check the modified date/time stamp to determine if a file has been modified; the latest file will overwrite the earlier one. For organizations that need file collaboration, we have our PeerLock product to lock the file on the target server while it is being modified on the source server.

PeerSync has the ability to keep multiple versions of a file as part of the base product. Retention is based on time (if kept in the folder that is monitored). The number of file versions kept is configurable by the user. Versioning is not directly configurable by file size although 'jobs' (source/target combinations) can be configured to include/exclude files by size.

File versions remain under the original file name; they do not change with the renamed file.

Deleted files can be retained for a configurable amount of time.


Please let us know if you have more questions or need further clarification.