Have you ever noticed the technology industry has a peculiar habit of repackaging things we’ve always done as something totally new and revolutionary? For example, putting computers in dedicated rooms where they can be cared for by operational experts is a practice as old as computing itself. But refer to this as “the Cloud” and […]
On the edge: The only real problem is scaling
“The only real problem is scaling. All others inherit from that one.” — Mike O’Dell, Chief Scientist, UUNet Building and running applications at the edge of the network is a complex exercise in distributed systems engineering. And the challenge is often one of operations and scale. When we think of scaling challenges at the edge, […]
Real-Time Synchronization
How to implement a scalable real-time synchronization solution for any file, folder or app size, over any network infrastructure, if you can’t – or won’t – use the cloud. Introduction As the world becomes more distributed, the workflow between teams is increasingly complex. A common scenario is of several teams working from different locations, that […]
Sync v2.6 is here!
Sync 2.6.0 is here! With real-time performance charts, one-time file sharing and many more improvements. The greatest thing about Sync v 2.6 is the new performance charts. You can see how the system behaves in real time. Performance Charts Charts are divided into two sections showing network activity and disk load. Network activity shows transfer […]
A DFSR Alternative: Fast & resilient P2P replication with Connect
DFSR, or distributed files system replication, is a feature of Windows Server for replicating files across several servers. Microsoft introduced this feature in Windows NT4.0 as an add-on, and it became a standard feature in Windows 2000 server and on. Basically, it was an attempt by a Microsoft to solve the complex problem of distributing […]
Looking for a Robocopy Alternative? Try Resilio Connect
Robocopy (Robust File Copy) is an MS DOS command-line tool for copying files, folders or drives for Windows OS. It is an upgraded version of xcopy and copy commands in Windows. Robocopy is included into MS Windows operating system as a default package for all versions starting from Vista. Robocopy is the Windows alternative to […]
A GoodSync Alternative: Resilio Connect
Introduce P2P speed and flexibility into your backup and synchronization jobs GoodSync is a well-known backup and folder synchronization tool that is built on a standard client-server architecture. It does a solid job of transferring data and synchronizing two computers. GoodSync handles two major job types: synchronization and backup. The synchronization job makes sure a […]
What’s the difference between peer to peer and client server?
In this blog post, we will look into client-server architecture, compare it to peer-to-peer, and find out exactly when client-server is better than P2P. For those of you who aren’t willing to spend few minutes reading through the article, I’ll give an immediate answer – peer-to-peer is always better than client-server. The client-server architecture is […]
Looking for an rsync alternative?
Start synchronizing faster to multiple locations, handling large files and folders with ease, and overcoming WAN synchronization limitations Rsync is one of the most well-known tools for synchronizing and sending data over the internet. It was the very first tool that combined file synchronization with delta encoding and compression, with three basic technologies required for […]
Reaching ExaByte Scale
Early in my career, when I was still running BitTorrent, I would frequently give talks highlighting the incredible scaling challenges that exist at the edge of the network. To make the point, I liked to riff on a popular report published by Cisco that was called the ExaByte Era. It documented the exponential growth in […]