SyncToy 2.1

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=c26efa36-98e0-4ee9-a7c5-98d0592d8c52&displaylang=en

2.1 is out, as of a few months ago...didn't know there was a new one =)

BIG difference...did a sync with 2.1 today took 30m with 700+GB....2.0 it took 14 hours.

Wow, what is this? I currently use robocopy in a .bat file to do my syncing. Windows Live Sync created way too many duplicates. Manually copying folders was not going to work, so I developed a rather crude solution.

I share my music collection with a roomate. We have different podcasts so I exclude that folder. We both sync to a centralized computer, replacing everything there. Then the other user would pull from the server with another script.

Each time a change is made, a "to" script must be run. The other user must run a "from" script to sync that change.

To Script:

robocopy D:\Users\Trix\Music \\win-server\All\Music /MIR /R:0 /V /FP /XD "D:\Users\Trix\Music\Zune\Podcasts" /LOG:\\gambon\All\b-music.log /TEE

From Script: 

robocopy \\gambon\All\Music D:\Users\Trix\Music /MIR /R:0 /V /FP /LOG:\\win-server\All\b-music.log /TEE

Could sync toy be a simplified solution?

intelman said:

Wow, what is this? I currently use robocopy in a .bat file to do my syncing. Windows Live Sync created way too many duplicates. Manually copying folders was not going to work, so I developed a rather crude solution.

 

I share my music collection with a roomate. We have different podcasts so I exclude that folder. We both sync to a centralized computer, replacing everything there. Then the other user would pull from the server with another script.

 

Each time a change is made, a "to" script must be run. The other user must run a "from" script to sync that change.

 

To Script:

 

robocopy D:\Users\Trix\Music \\win-server\All\Music /MIR /R:0 /V /FP /XD "D:\Users\Trix\Music\Zune\Podcasts" /LOG:\\gambon\All\b-music.log /TEE

 

From Script: 

 

robocopy \\gambon\All\Music D:\Users\Trix\Music /MIR /R:0 /V /FP /LOG:\\win-server\All\b-music.log /TEE

 

Could sync toy be a simplified solution?

ohh ya... Sync 2.1 is blazing fast and really simple... you make a folder pair (Left and Right) and then choose sync, echo, or contribute... I would think you could put sync on each client computer, and just sync with the "server"... no scripts or a "to" and "from" approach... just sync...  the only think to look out for is file deletes.. it will sync those too.

opticalmess said:

intelman said:

*snip*

ohh ya... Sync 2.1 is blazing fast and really simple... you make a folder pair (Left and Right) and then choose sync, echo, or contribute... I would think you could put sync on each client computer, and just sync with the "server"... no scripts or a "to" and "from" approach... just sync...  the only think to look out for is file deletes.. it will sync those too.

Exceptions allowed?

intelman said:

Wow, what is this? I currently use robocopy in a .bat file to do my syncing. Windows Live Sync created way too many duplicates. Manually copying folders was not going to work, so I developed a rather crude solution.

 

I share my music collection with a roomate. We have different podcasts so I exclude that folder. We both sync to a centralized computer, replacing everything there. Then the other user would pull from the server with another script.

 

Each time a change is made, a "to" script must be run. The other user must run a "from" script to sync that change.

 

To Script:

 

robocopy D:\Users\Trix\Music \\win-server\All\Music /MIR /R:0 /V /FP /XD "D:\Users\Trix\Music\Zune\Podcasts" /LOG:\\gambon\All\b-music.log /TEE

 

From Script: 

 

robocopy \\gambon\All\Music D:\Users\Trix\Music /MIR /R:0 /V /FP /LOG:\\win-server\All\b-music.log /TEE

 

Could sync toy be a simplified solution?

What do you mean by "Windows Live Sync created way too many duplicates?"

I am a little confused about the SyncToy because I have never used it (I use Live Sync for the content on different computers). Can you highlight why you prefer one other the otherone?

giovanni said:

intelman said:

*snip*

What do you mean by "Windows Live Sync created way too many duplicates?"

 

I am a little confused about the SyncToy because I have never used it (I use Live Sync for the content on different computers). Can you highlight why you prefer one other the otherone?

The combination of LiveSync and SyncToy didn't work for me.  SyncToy created temp files while it was copying and if the file it was copying was large, LiveSync would happily 'sync' that temp file, too. 

I ended up going back to Robocopy and LiveSync, instead.

littleguru said:

I know a few people on that team. They are going to be pretty happy to get your guys feedback.

Actually it still did take a while...I didn't check the "Check file contents" on my sync which made it go faster. Guess it has to "open" the file to sync meta data?

Live Sync would create the same file but with my live passport attached to it somethingsomething|mypassport@live.com.mp3 or something similar.

It ruined my whole collection. I have not used SyncToy, but it seems that it might do what I want? Robocopy seems to be the most reliable method of sharing two libraries. I can provide an exception for podcasts and sync only the changes of everything else.

intelman said:

opticalmess said:

*snip*

Exceptions allowed?

yes.. they are.