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What software do use to Mirror your drives?:D
 

infy

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I use rsync.

It might be a bit confusing at first but it can do crazy stuff :)
works with and between os platforms

...ow and it's free

rsync -avr --exclude "\[A.00\]\ Nieuw" --exclude "\[D.00\]\ Familie\ Video8" --exclude "\[D.01\]\ Familie\ VHS" --exclude "\[D.02\]\ Familie\ DVR" --progress --compare-dest=/cygdrive/y/ /cygdrive/c/MediaJunc/Films/ /cygdrive/q/
/

I have locations that I want synced but the connection between the two isn't good enough to copy all the data directly. So what the above line does is: Compare source and destination. And anything that isn't on source is copied to an external hdd :) (it also excludes some other stuff)

(/cygdrive/c/ < means C:\ )

just to show you that anything is possible...
 

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infy,

I hope it's okay to reply to your reply with this question.
Can point me in the correct direction on what I need to study, to learn how to: (know, understand and do) what you wrote below:

rsync -avr --exclude "\[A.00\]\ Nieuw" --exclude "\[D.00\]\ Familie\ Video8" --exclude "\[D.01\]\ Familie\ VHS" --exclude "\[D.02\]\ Familie\ DVR" --progress --compare-dest=/cygdrive/y/ /cygdrive/c/MediaJunc/Films/ /cygdrive/q/

Looking at what is written I get the idea, I just would not be able to do it on my computer. Any thoughts on where and what to study is Greatly Appreciated.

:D
 

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I'm using a Conceptronic CH3SNAS with two 1TB drives in it in RAID1. I even have a small Debian server running on it on which I can install whatever I like (torrent/usenet client, webserver with PHP/MySQL/PERL, FTP, and so on..... server without any noticable perfomace impact). The device itself is absolutely fantastic and 'only' costs about 125 euro, without the drives. With a gigabit network and Jumbo Frames enabled (option in the CH3SNAS configuration interface) you can get up to 20MB read/write over your LAN.

I can only say positive things about this device. The hardware is great, super easy installation (no screws used), big fanbase, custom firmware, good default firmware, JBOB, RAID0 and RAID1 support . +++++ No need for mirroring with this device :)
 

infy

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infy,

I hope it's okay to reply to your reply with this question.
Can point me in the correct direction on what I need to study, to learn how to: (know, understand and do) what you wrote below:

rsync -avr --exclude "\[A.00\]\ Nieuw" --exclude "\[D.00\]\ Familie\ Video8" --exclude "\[D.01\]\ Familie\ VHS" --exclude "\[D.02\]\ Familie\ DVR" --progress --compare-dest=/cygdrive/y/ /cygdrive/c/MediaJunc/Films/ /cygdrive/q/

Looking at what is written I get the idea, I just would not be able to do it on my computer. Any thoughts on where and what to study is Greatly Appreciated.

:D

It's your thread. you can ask whatever you want. :)

Redirect < windows version of rsync

rsync < manual for all versions of rsync


simple example:
create a .cmd file
edit in notepad
copy paste:
SETLOCAL
SET CWRSYNCHOME=%PROGRAMFILES%\CWRSYNC
SET CYGWIN=nontsec
SET HOME=%HOMEDRIVE%%HOMEPATH%
SET CWOLDPATH=%PATH%
SET PATH=%CWRSYNCHOME%\BIN;%PATH%

and then add your custom rsync configuration like the simple example below:

rsync -avr /cygdrive/c/source/ /cygdrive/d/destination/

What this would do is compare C:\source and D:\destination and whatever is not at the destination will be copied from source to destination.

if you add -n to the list (rsync -avrn /cygdrive/c/source/ /cygdrive/d/destination/ ) it will do a dry run first.

save the file and run it.

if you want you can schedule it with windows schedule thingy.

feel free to ask more questions! good luck...
 

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