If you need instant replication then Syncthing is probably your best bet but don't forget to disable the relaying function
this post was submitted on 29 Jun 2023
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Thanks, I'll look more into it.
Syncthing is great for mirroring files across any number of devices. I use it and love it. Just remember Syncthing itself, is not a backup solution.
I've had a lot of good luck with Syncthing. If you're just syncing files locally you can disable nat traversal.
I ultimately did go with Syncthing and uploading my files encrypted to Google Drive for backup. It's been working great for months. I've also been using Zeroteir to make this work with my laptop too while on the go.
Do you actually need sync? I just have a bunch of network shares. I can access them externally with WireGuard if need be.
I know folks like Nextcloud, but I never found it particularly reliable.
Try Resilio Sync. Running it for 5+ years now and did not have a single synchronization issue. Syncing around 5 devices flawlessly, instantly and error free (not sponsored)
If you are doing just local syncs the simplest solution might be rsync.
As for a solution with nice software clients, I use Seafile. Nextcloud is nice but it’s incredibly slow to sync files in my experience.
Another local option might be syncthing.
As for backup I use Rclone to do encrypted backups to GCPs Archive Srorage tier. The price is really good at $0.0012 USD / GB. 1TB of backups is like $1.25 USD per month. Be warned though retrieval costs are high.
You could also consider a lesser known product, Duplicati. It creates encrypted 50MB chunks of data and maintains a database of what's in it. Have those chunks in Google Drive, and you have your encrypted backups in the cloud.
Duplicati looks very promising, but from a cursory glance it's more for backups? Since the files are split into chunks, I would still need to use a NAS or local cloud storage and have Duplicati do the final upload to GDrive.