[OpenIndiana-discuss] real-time syncing two directories across servers (unison ?)

[Doug Hughes]

On 12/11/2013 8:13 PM, Edward Ned Harvey (openindiana) wrote:
>> From: Gregory Youngblood [mailto:gregory at youngblood.me]
>>
>> Check out owncloud. The open source components might be useful.
>
> I personally, and two other IT guys that I've spoken with from different companies, have been burned by placing any trust in owncloud.  In fact, I'm still subscribed to their mailing list, and at least once a day, new people write in, asking for help, because it either fails to sync files it should sync, or some data seems to be lost.  My advice:  Steer clear.
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> In Microsoft, what you're looking for is called DFS.  I don't know any good linux/unix based bidirectional tools such as requested, but if you start searching for alternatives to DFS (or if you simply pay MS and deploy DFS) then you have an answer, and hopefully can find some FOSS solution out there.
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Seafile seems to work reasonably well. We've actually been looking for 
something with more capability though, one that can handle various 
levels of permissions and multiple-projects. But, if all you want is 
something to plugin to your own website with Dropbox like capabilities 
and multi-device synchronization capability, Seafile seems to be ready 
to fill that bit.