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Yintersync is a windows program which adds SSH encryption, centralised administration, reporting, scheduling and a comprehensive graphical interface to the file synchronisation tool, rsync. Rsync is an open source tool for replicating data. It is particularly impressive when replicating large files with minor changes (e.g. databases or virtual machines) over WAN connections.
The project started as a set of scripts to synchronise the virtual machines hosted on our hyper-v servers over a 2mb connection to our backup site/server. This worked reasonably well but lack of monitoring and difficulty of administration lead to the initial development of Yintersync.
Features
- Service - This runs on your central data store, it manages all synchronisation schedules and settings.
- Client - An agent is installed on each remote computer. The only thing configured on the agent is the address of the central repository and the name of the client. The agent requires no open ports on the client system so will work without port forwarding etc.
- Remote Storage - Allows you to transfer data to or from any standard rsync server. For example Freenas, Linux or cloud service.
- Administration Console - All configuration changes are done from a single application on the server. Once agents are connected to the Server, there is no need to log into those machines to make configuration changes.
- Shadow copy support in Windows XP onwards - Allows the synchronisation of locked files such as SQL Databases, Hyper-V VHDs, Exchange Store, PST's and Documents.
- Task scheduler - A built in task scheduler, each schedule can be set to multiple tasks.
- Tasks - Every synchronisation is a separate task, a single client have multiple tasks. Each task may have multiple schedules.
- Direction - The sync tool works in either direction for either backup of or distribution of data.
- Iteration Support - Yintersync can be used as a Backup product.
- Disconnection / Crash recovery - If a computer go's offline or Rsync fails, Yintersync will retry until the transfer is complete.
- Email Reporting - Regular, easy to read email reports so you can be confident that your important data is secure.
- Sync on Connection - On occasionally connected devices (eg laptops) Yintersync will start a transfer as soon as a connection is made.
- Permissions - Copy or backup NTFS permissions.
- SSH Encryption - All communication between Client and Server is encrypted by OpenSSH for use over the Internet.
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