Comments on: Sysadmin: file and folder synchronisation http://blog.nkadesign.com/2009/sysadmin-data-folder-synchronisation/ Just another programming weblog Thu, 04 Mar 2010 04:48:22 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Renaud http://blog.nkadesign.com/2009/sysadmin-data-folder-synchronisation/comment-page-1/#comment-10075 Renaud Fri, 20 Feb 2009 02:36:13 +0000 http://blog.nkadesign.com/?p=311#comment-10075 <p>Hi Dave, thank you for dropping by.<br /> You're right, Sync functionalities in Mesh (or other framework) don't work well on shared drives.</p> <p>The issue with shared network locations is that it's not -to my knowledge- possible to monitor file changes in the folder structure without going through full enumeration of the content.</p> <p>On local drives these sync tools use the capabilities of the OS and the filesystem to get notifications of file changes, which makes them very efficient.</p> <p>Full enumeration over the network would be tremendously costly. The only solutions I see are:</p> <ul> <li>ways for the remote storage to notify network subscribers of changes in their structure.</li> <li>or just install the sync tool on the file server itself but that's not really an option for network storage hardware devices .</li> </ul> <p>I'm sure these issues will eventually be solved and as the Sync Framework matures we will get background services for Linux, Mac, etc appearing.<br /> It will probably take a little while but I'm sure it'll be there eventually.</p> Hi Dave, thank you for dropping by.
You’re right, Sync functionalities in Mesh (or other framework) don’t work well on shared drives.

The issue with shared network locations is that it’s not -to my knowledge- possible to monitor file changes in the folder structure without going through full enumeration of the content.

On local drives these sync tools use the capabilities of the OS and the filesystem to get notifications of file changes, which makes them very efficient.

Full enumeration over the network would be tremendously costly. The only solutions I see are:

  • ways for the remote storage to notify network subscribers of changes in their structure.
  • or just install the sync tool on the file server itself but that’s not really an option for network storage hardware devices .

I’m sure these issues will eventually be solved and as the Sync Framework matures we will get background services for Linux, Mac, etc appearing.
It will probably take a little while but I’m sure it’ll be there eventually.

]]> By: Dave http://blog.nkadesign.com/2009/sysadmin-data-folder-synchronisation/comment-page-1/#comment-10073 Dave Thu, 19 Feb 2009 20:12:07 +0000 http://blog.nkadesign.com/?p=311#comment-10073 <p>I've been looking at all these too and would love to use live mesh (or live sync, sugar sync or syncplicity for that matter) but none of them seem to deal with network drives. If I must I guess I could use two pieces of software, but that scares me a bit. Any ideas?</p> I’ve been looking at all these too and would love to use live mesh (or live sync, sugar sync or syncplicity for that matter) but none of them seem to deal with network drives. If I must I guess I could use two pieces of software, but that scares me a bit. Any ideas?

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