remote sync

[steeb]

Hello,

I am evaluating your product. It seems to work great so far on my smaller folders.

I am looking to synchronize about 4TB of data over a lan while we do a migration.

I am running the service on one server which has about 1.2 TB of data. This server has 6gb memory and hardly any usage. The new server running the application has 24GB of memory and 8TB storage. When I do unattended mode, it locks up and never finishes is on the service. Theres over 800,000 files in in this 1.2tb store.

Am I expecting false hope for this much data?

Also when it runs it shows its ignoring files... i was hoping for a 1:1 mirror.. I dont have any ignore options set but it seems to always flag files to ignore.

Other than the service taking forever to index, the application runs like a champ!

[superflexible]

I don't think the program will lock up - you just need to wait. It will recover. If not please send a screenshot so I can see at what point exactly it is.

800,000 files is not a problem.

There are Global Exclusion Masks on the Program Settings dialog that you might want to check.

[superflexible]

If there are already files on the destination server, building the file list can be made faster by installing and configuring the "ExtremeSync Remote Service" on the destination machine.

See also http://www.superflexible.com/remoteservice.htm.

[steeb]

It still has not caught up from last night (more than 14 hours running)

[superflexible]

Hi,

the problem is that you clicked the Apply button while the service was performing a task. I think you need to kill the ExtremeSyncRemoteService.exe via Task Manager and then try again.

The Control Panel of which you have sent a screenshot is an independent process from the ExtremeSync Remote Service. So the "Not Responding" tag doesn't mean that the Remote Service itself is also hanging.

[steeb]

excellent advise. I am able to syncrhonize the two folders much faster. You are right about clicking apply. I thought once I entered the path into the list I had to click apply. No more lockups.

I also found the general settings about ignoring file types. When doding unattended mode I still see (filltered) ignored. When I compare the two folders properties, they might be missing anywhere from 100 or so files... I was hoping the mirror would be just that, an exact mirror.


I have switch from copy to exact mirror to replicate the data. I have not found an option to retain the original created date, only the last modified / accessed date. Is this possible?

[superflexible]

Hello,

yes the creation date is preserved too. No setting is needed for that.

Can you give an example of a file that's filtered?

[steeb]

It is changing the last modified date. You are correct about it retaining the created date. I haven't been able to test much in the past 24 hours as I am trying to move about 2TB of files before Monday.



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[superflexible]

Yes, for folders, no times are preserved by default. You need to go to Comparison->More and choose "Adjust Folder Timestamps".

Normally timestamps are only important for files. They have almost no significance for folders.