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| Thread ID: 140229 | 2015-09-08 09:04:00 | Filecopy software with multiple destinations and verification? | Agent_24 (57) | Press F1 |
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| 1408065 | 2015-09-08 09:04:00 | I wish to copy a lot of data to two different drives and don't feel like doing it twice. Does anyone know of software which can copy the same files to two or more different destinations (simultaneously) and also, preferably, perform file verification from both destinations simultaneously afterwards as well? I use SyncBack Free usually but it can only copy to one destination. |
Agent_24 (57) | ||
| 1408066 | 2015-09-08 11:15:00 | You could do it with a robocopy script but you it would need to copy to one destination then the other I believe. | Alex B (15479) | ||
| 1408067 | 2015-09-08 11:35:00 | Have a look at SyncToy - www.microsoft.com You set up 2 jobs that sync the source folder to your desired destinations. There is also the option where whatever happens to the files/folders in the source folder will also happen to the same files/folders in the destination folders you set. I currently use SyncTo to synchronise my media folders to my Plex Media server jail on my FreeNAS box. Set it up as a scheduled job... pretty much set and forget. Works a treat. Cheers, |
chiefnz (545) | ||
| 1408068 | 2015-09-12 23:25:00 | If it's was me, I'd consider putting your files to a single disk, and use a hardware based disk duper which handles multiple drives. As mentioned, Robocopy is popular with professionals, it's free, and very well-proven. It's extremely robust, and will recover gracefully from errors with very large copies. Copying files to two destinations at once is unusual, because it makes error handling twice as hard. For most professionals, verification is often consider of dubious value, because hard-drives are very reliable, and with large file-copies the underlying files may change mid-copy. For immediate block verifications, many PC's / servers / hard drives cache the last write, so you're not actually verifying the physical writes. |
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