Keeping Your Data In Sync

摘要

No one talks much about file synchronization, but everybody does it. Syncing network files makes it easy to move new or updated files and file permissions, and keeps mirrored directories up-to-date. It's also a smart way to protect your data in the event of a disaster: File-sync tools let you plan for restoration and prepare scripts for recovering specific files. After restoring your server from tape, for example, you can execute a "restore sales desktop" script to retrieve that sales contract that needs to go out ASAP. File synchronization has been around for some time, and several commercial and freeware tools are available. These tools are versatile- besides synchronizing machines quickly, some operate across different OSs to facilitate restoration. Best of all, you can implement file synchronization with little impact on your budget.