Synchronize Server and PC

Synchronization of multiple computers is a matter of more complexity than it seems at the first sight. While there is no need to discuss why you may want, for example, to sync data between server and PC, there may appear many questions with how to do it.

At first, it is important to decide which computer should be "in charge" and initiate sync-related processes? In case of synchronization of server and PC for the purpose of backing up the latter, it is reasonable to give control to the server. This way, everything can be done by the server’s administrator, and person working on the networked computer can concentrate on the work, rather than on data safety. On the other hand, this mostly regards enterprise environment, while most home users have quite an opposite situation where they have access to a remote server they want to store data to.

Then, there is a critical question of data security. If the computers have no specialized software installed on them, then data can be written only to a shared folder with appropriate access privileges. Even if we leave aside the matter of sharing folders to the network, there still remains the problem that common data interchange protocols aren’t protected from network data interception. This way any networked computer is exposed to a variety of security threats from any quarter.

Synchronizing Server and PC

Handy Backup supports common network connection, and also provides an option of synchronization via FTP and SFTP protocols. To create a PC-server synchronization task, you only need to select the desired folders on each of the computers and define several options:

• Direction of synchronization. Sync server files with local computer, sync local folder with a remote one, or perform mirror backup.
• Data processing. For synchronization task: should the program delete data at the destination server, if local files were deleted. For mirroring: how to treat files with identical names.
• Filtering. Include/exclude masks enable you to sync files of specific types only (documents, pictures, etc.)

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Centralized Backup

In addition to synchronization which is available in all editions of Handy Backup, we also produce an all-included backup solution for enterprises, where all PCs can be backed up to a single central server. It works on a client-server scheme which implies that one server is used to set up all backup jobs and manage all data processing and storage options for all clients. Follow the link to learn more about Handy Backup Network Server...

Handy Backup is on the cutting edge of technology when it comes to server-pc synchronization!