replicating a folder to multiple machines
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hi guys
need a solution to automatically transfer updates to a folder when a machine logs in either via vpn or on the local network.
this data then obviously need to be available offline
offline folders never seems to work correctly for me
so any other ideas free or paid for solutions welcome
need a solution to automatically transfer updates to a folder when a machine logs in either via vpn or on the local network.
this data then obviously need to be available offline
offline folders never seems to work correctly for me
so any other ideas free or paid for solutions welcome
Bit more info we need it to sync to about 150 laptops one set of directories well be generic ie everyone with these laptops gets it but then there will be another that is dependent on where they are based (remote office)
Issue with login script is it already takes an age to run so we don't want to extend that if we can avoid it. Unfortunately I have no idea how much change there will be
Offline folders we find have a tendency to think they are offline even when they aren't really confuses the users when they think all the data is gone
Server is 2012 clients are 7
Anything else just ask
Issue with login script is it already takes an age to run so we don't want to extend that if we can avoid it. Unfortunately I have no idea how much change there will be
Offline folders we find have a tendency to think they are offline even when they aren't really confuses the users when they think all the data is gone
Server is 2012 clients are 7
Anything else just ask
thankfully its one way only!
basically from what i gather it will be a photographic archive of products for sales people with a base folder that quite possibly would be empty then serveral subfolders that everyone needs then a specific folder that is just for certain people (but there would be several of these) that cover certain areas (they are seperated in AD) so say you work out of bath
you would have
Photo Archive
|
|__Big product
|
|__Small product
|
|__Other Product
|
|__Bath
London would be
Photo Archive
|
|__Big product
|
|__Small product
|
|__Other Product
|
|__London
The local data would need to be write protected as well.
basically from what i gather it will be a photographic archive of products for sales people with a base folder that quite possibly would be empty then serveral subfolders that everyone needs then a specific folder that is just for certain people (but there would be several of these) that cover certain areas (they are seperated in AD) so say you work out of bath
you would have
Photo Archive
|
|__Big product
|
|__Small product
|
|__Other Product
|
|__Bath
London would be
Photo Archive
|
|__Big product
|
|__Small product
|
|__Other Product
|
|__London
The local data would need to be write protected as well.
Polariz said:
This option is a little "left field":
I'm not sure how well this would work for larger files but I used to use a combination of SharePoint and SharePoint Workspace (Formerly known as Groove). You could invite colleagues to workspaces, and then the contents of which would then sync to each member by way of Peer to Peer. You can control who is allowed to read/and write to the SharePoint share either through SharePoint permissions, or as the creator of the particular workspace you could restrict users to what they could see/do. You also don't need VPN either technically, as long as one user in the Workspace can see the file repository (It builds SSL connections to other members and syncs as they come online).
Downside to this is that SharePoint Workspace has been deprecated to OneDrive Pro and I'm not sure MS has feature parity with what used to be a top-notch product. If you have a couple of copies of Office 2010 lying around though it might be worth trialling. You don't necessarily have to have Sharepoint by the way!
we have sharepoint I'm not sure how well this would work for larger files but I used to use a combination of SharePoint and SharePoint Workspace (Formerly known as Groove). You could invite colleagues to workspaces, and then the contents of which would then sync to each member by way of Peer to Peer. You can control who is allowed to read/and write to the SharePoint share either through SharePoint permissions, or as the creator of the particular workspace you could restrict users to what they could see/do. You also don't need VPN either technically, as long as one user in the Workspace can see the file repository (It builds SSL connections to other members and syncs as they come online).
Downside to this is that SharePoint Workspace has been deprecated to OneDrive Pro and I'm not sure MS has feature parity with what used to be a top-notch product. If you have a couple of copies of Office 2010 lying around though it might be worth trialling. You don't necessarily have to have Sharepoint by the way!
Edited by Polariz on Monday 4th August 13:06
trying citrix sharefile seems very good except it doesnt work through our squid proxy (not an issue its going with our new lines) seems good offers sso etc so should be fairly feature rich also allows us to send large files out and receive files without tying up exchange
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