Private Data Sync ⇒

October 27th, 2013 by

I was trying out BT Sync to replace Dropbox and then I saw FiloSync, so I checked that out as well. The downside of BT Sync is that your main computer must be logged in for your devices to get the updated files. This is a problem for me as I am rarely logged into our desktop machine at the same time as my work machine so the files aren't synced often. Also, getting the folders synced is a tad awkward. FiloSync Pros: * Runs on a server so I don't have to be logged in * Allows folders to be shared amongst several people * Can run it on my own server (current Mac OS X Server) * Data can be stored on AWS * Data encrypted on client side Cons: * Java * Challenging to get running as a root, unattended service * If run on the same machine as your client (I am running on our desktop iMac), it duplicates the data. Not a huge deal but might be an issue if lots of data is shared. I'm going to give a try for a while and see how I like it.

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