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Instead, I put my trust in the program and I make sure that my computer hardware is running smoothly (i.e. I did look to see if there was an option of verifying successful synchronization with checksums like SHA-256, but after reading their article on the CopyFile function, I saw that it was nearly pointless to do so. Maybe if it had an option of encrypting on backup, I guess that would be cool You can choose to sync folders in real time and choose to have the real time sync program run at startup You can see when it was the last time you ran a particular sync job and you can customize the location of where the synchronization log files are kept at (can be useful for record keeping and audits) You have many options in terms of which comparison method you want to use to compare the files and which type of synchronization you prefer (mirroring, duplicate, update-only) Regularly updated and incredibly well-developed Open Source so it's open for independent audits

I've had a great experience with this program so far.

I use FreeFileSync to solve all the problems mentioned above. The problem with the RAID configuration is that it would make your computer environment a little complicated and you won't have the option of synchronizing select folders. Partition_1 for OneDrive and Partition_2 for Dropbox). How do you efficiently determine which files are new compared to the last data dump that you kept? You could manually compare file times between your files and the files of the new data dump, but you can lose a lot of time doing so.įreeFileSync can solve this problem - How do you synchronize folders of two or more cloud storage solutions in real time? I don't know of any cloud storage giving you that option and a RAID configuration is possible, I suppose, if you give each cloud storage a partition (i.e. How do you make external hard drive backups efficiently? The external hard drive naturally exists outside of a RAID configuration and a cloud storage sync folder and it could be very difficult and time-consuming to do the backup manually.įreeFileSync can solve this problem - Suppose that you regularly receive a data dump via an FTP. RAID configurations and cloud storage solutions have their place, but they cannot solve many of the problems that this program can. Comments: For those who do not know what FreeFileSync can do for you, let me sum it up for you: it's a program that allows the user to manages folder synchronization jobs.