Help to choose between freefilesync and syncthing (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 17 hours ago by Sirius006@sh.itjust.works to c/opensource@lemmy.ml

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I need some help choosing a synchronisation programme for my small business (~15 people, in construction).

Our freelance IT technician who set up our OMV NAS has been hired by a large company and is no longer available, so as a partner who’s considered vaguely competent in IT I’m filling in for the time being. To be honest, I’m not actually competent.

I’m hesitating between FreeFileSync and Syncthing. I was thinking of using the former as I used it personnally a long time ago, but I’ve seen the latter mentioned on Lemmy.

The aim is to copy our data, which is stored in a commercial cloud, to our NAS running OMV. We’d do this via a Windows computer in the office where the cloud is always synced. The NAS is in my flat.

The copy would take place twice a week at predefined times.

Syncthing seems a bit overkill, but more modern than FreeFileSync.

If we choose Syncthing, we will make a donation equivalent to the cost of the FreeFileSync Pro licence.

Any advice to help me avoid any pitfalls in my attempt to set this up?

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[-] DetachablePianist@lemmy.ml 10 points 16 hours ago

I just use classic rsync for that, though in my case both the local and cloud servers are running Linux. I know that doesn't exactly answer your question, but its an alternate approach to consider in the long term.

[-] maxy@piefed.social 5 points 15 hours ago

If you are considering rsync, you should also consider rclone instead, especially if you want to access cloud storage. Both are mainly for syncing in only one direction. They can be set up for two-way sync with conflict handling, but I'd consider that slightly dangerous.

Syncthing is two-way (or n-way) distributed continuous sync, devices can be offline/online at any time, and with robust conflict handling. I know it only from private use, you install it on each machine where the data lives (as opposed to accessing a cloud). It works great for that. I don't know if it is good in a multi-user or corporate context.