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

[Geoff Nordli]

On 13-12-11 06:29 PM, Doug Hughes wrote:
> 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.
>>
>> 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.
>

Thanks for feedback Edward, Doug and Gregory.

I was hoping for something really simple, but it looks like it may be a 
bit more involved.

Geoff