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1...@gioia.aioe.org> Calum <com....@nospam.scottishwildcat> wrote:
> On 30/07/2021 05:14, Lewis wrote:
>> iCloud
>> Sync
>> Dropbox
> All of those involve syncing via 3rd-party servers, of course, which is
> a bit circuitous when the two machines are on the same network. Given
> that there's work data involved, there may also be data protection or
> other security considerations--the company I work for certainly doesn't
> allow any of our business data to pass through any of those services
> under any circumstances.
If the company you work for doesn't understand how encryption works,
then they have far greater problems than syncing data files. It is
trivial to ensure that your data is only accessible by you, regardless
of where it is store.
There is also Bit torrent sync (renamed, but I forget the name) which
does not involved other servers.
> A peer-to-peer solution like Resilio, or even plain old rsync, might be
> more appropriate.
That's the name.
>> However, syncing database files is tricky, and may require things like
>> ensuring the database is not being accessed before it is synced.
> Yep.
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