Re: how to keep 2 PCs partially in sync
On 4/4/20 5:56 PM, tomas@tuxteam.de wrote:
To add one data point for that: the most cases (by far) I've needed a
backup is when I have deleted stuff by mistake. Close second is some
buggy software having deleted or mangled files I've needed. Last [1]
come actual physical damage to storage media.
Over-eager synchronization of backup won't help in the two first cases.
Cheers
[1] In between would perhaps be malware mangling the data: my platform
has never done that to me, but on other platforms it seems to
happen regularly.
-- tomás
I will agree. And from my point of view, it is a completely different
function to synchronize data between devices (computers) and a different
function of backups.
On 4/4/20 7:02 PM, Andrei POPESCU wrote:
It does have a web interface for management (running by default only on
127.0.0.1:8384), if this is what you meant.
It is not possible to download / upload files via the web interface.
I know it has a WEB UI - but it's mainly just to manage synchronized
devices.
So for someone who wants to have a *serious* synchronization of their
files on different computers, the right choice is *Syncthing* and not to
use the synchronization that Nextcloud can offer ?
On 4/4/20 9:45 PM, Linux-Fan wrote:
As far as I can tell, for this situation, Nextcloud would be able to handle
all of the needs. You could run it on either your local Raspberry Pi (which
might become overloaded depending on how often you chagen your files) or your
remote server. The server might be more stable and easier to access through
a public link thus I would conclude that installing Nextcloud on the server
would be worth trying.
HTH
Linux-Fan
This is exactly what I believe in my own case!
But because I haven't used the *Syncthing* I wanted to ask your opinion
as well. I don't know if the *Syncthing* is more "serious", safer or
suggest it for some *specific* cases.
I already use my own *Nextcloud* for that and I don't have any problem.
In addition to *syncing my files to different computers*, whenever I
want *I can send files to third parties* very easily and securely.
Thank you for your opinions and suggestions.
In which case would you suggest Syncthing and *not* Nextcloud ?
--
Kind regards,
Tasos
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