On 2024-03-27 20:54+0100 Frank Steinmetzger <war...@gmx.de> wrote: > Am Wed, Mar 27, 2024 at 03:42:07PM -0400 schrieb Matt Connell: > > On Wed, 2024-03-27 at 19:58 +0100, J. Roeleveld wrote: > > > Hi all, > > > > > > I am looking for a way to synchronise a filesystem between 2 > > > servers. Changes can occur on both sides which means I need to > > > have it synchronise in both directions. > > > > > > Does anyone have any thoughts on this? > > > > > > Also, both servers are connected using a slow VPN link, which is > > > why I can't simply access files on the remote server. > > > > I've been using syncthing for years and am extremely pleased with > > it. It works so well that I sometimes forget that its there, truly > > in the It Just Works category of software. > > Syncthing is also a good idea. The major difference: syncthing is a > permanently running daemon, so changes are synced very fast (the > interval is configurable, IIRC). OTOH, Unison is run individually by > you. That’s why I prefer the latter: in case I broke some file on my > machine, I can get it back from another machine without having to > break out the backup disk (which may not even have what I need > because my backup interval is too big).
syncthing has inbuilt backups if you enable it 😉
