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On 4/5/20 5:43 AM, Anastasios Lisgaras wrote:
> On 4/4/20 5:56 PM, tomas@tuxteam.de wrote:
>> To add one data point for that: the most cases (by far) I've needed a
>> backup is when I have deleted stuff by mistake. Close second is some
>> buggy software having deleted or mangled files I've needed. Last [1]
>> come actual physical damage to storage media.
>>
>> Over-eager synchronization of backup won't help in the two first cases.
>>
>> Cheers
>> [1] In between would perhaps be malware mangling the data: my platform
>>     has never done that to me, but on other platforms it seems to
>>     happen regularly.
>>
>> -- tomás
>>
>
> I will agree. And from my point of view, it is a completely different 
> function to synchronize data between devices (computers) and a 
> different function of backups.
>
absolutely. Backup is entirely different.
BACKUP!!!
>
> On 4/4/20 7:02 PM, Andrei POPESCU wrote:
>> It does have a web interface for management (running by default only on
>> 127.0.0.1:8384), if this is what you meant.
>>
>> It is not possible to download / upload files via the web interface.
>
> I know it has a WEB UI - but it's mainly just to manage synchronized 
> devices.
>
> So for someone who wants to have a *serious* synchronization of their 
> files on different computers, the right choice is *Syncthing* and not 
> to use the synchronization that Nextcloud can offer ?
>
>
I have not tried Nextcloud or ownCloud for a couple years. I only 
remember both being either too complex or missing the options I wanted.

The web UI is the heart of the system. I suggest you inspect the 
syncthing process and the numerous options. It can be complex, or kinda 
simple.
https://docs.syncthing.net/
>
> On 4/4/20 9:45 PM, Linux-Fan wrote:
>> As far as I can tell, for this situation, Nextcloud would be able to 
>> handle
>> all of the needs. You could run it on either your local Raspberry Pi 
>> (which
>> might become overloaded depending on how often you chagen your files) 
>> or your
>> remote server. The server might be more stable and easier to access 
>> through
>> a public link thus I would conclude that installing Nextcloud on the 
>> server
>> would be worth trying.
>>
>> HTH
>> Linux-Fan 
>
> This is exactly what I believe in my own case!
> But because I haven't used the *Syncthing* I wanted to ask your 
> opinion as well. I don't know if the *Syncthing* is more "serious", 
> safer or suggest it for some *specific* cases.
> I already use my own *Nextcloud* for that and I don't have any problem.
> In addition to *syncing my files to different computers*, whenever I 
> want *I can send files to third parties* very easily and securely.
You can send the 56 character "device identification" to another to 
setup a sync of machines, then sync the specific folders you like.
Critical files can be encrypted individually by other means if you like.

This laptop syncs 6 folders with 5 computers, Three are LAN (wifi and 
cabled thru the router) Two are offsite.
Local State (Total)  216,932 files   59,099 folders   ~298 GiB total
ALL data being synced is a Copy of the working data (true backup)
ALL nodes have staggered Backups.

I also use Mega and Dropbox... both are slower, and Dropbox does have 
fallout (missing files or corrupt files)

>
>
> Thank you for your opinions and suggestions.
> In which case would you suggest Syncthing and *not* Nextcloud ?
Try all and see what you prefer. Best wishes.

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  Re: how to keep 2 PCs partially in sync Brian Sammon <debian-user@brisammon.fastmail.fm> - 2020-03-24 22:50 +0100
  Re: how to keep 2 PCs partially in sync Andrei POPESCU <andreimpopescu@gmail.com> - 2020-03-24 23:20 +0100
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        Re: how to keep 2 PCs partially in sync Andrei POPESCU <andreimpopescu@gmail.com> - 2020-03-25 10:10 +0100
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              Re: how to keep 2 PCs partially in sync <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2020-04-04 17:00 +0200
                Re: how to keep 2 PCs partially in sync Leslie Rhorer <lesrhorer@att.net> - 2020-04-04 18:50 +0200
                Re: how to keep 2 PCs partially in sync Anastasios Lisgaras <tasosnumberten@yahoo.gr> - 2020-04-05 14:50 +0200
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