Sync? But RoboCopy can't do a real sync. Do you mirror or do a one-way copy?
For similar sync requirements, that does a real sync, I use GoodSync. Same ppl that make RoboCopy make it. You might be able to get away with using the free version. -- ME2 On Mon, Mar 9, 2009 at 1:16 PM, Ben Scott <mailvor...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Mon, Mar 9, 2009 at 12:46 PM, Matthew W. Ross > <mr...@ephrataschools.org> wrote: >> How do you deal with laptop users and their files, especially when it comes >> to backups? > > It really depends on how often they come on to the LAN. > > I'm lucky enough to have most of our laptop users working in the > office at least a few times a month. So roaming profiles do most of > what we need. This is supplemented with CSC (Offline Files) in some > cases. We've been lucky enough not to have significant trouble with > CSC so far. Knock on wood. > > We've got three people who work in the field and rarely touch the > LAN. These people carry responsibility for backing up their own > stuff. I consider this a suboptimal solution, but it was judged the > only thing practical for our situation at the time. Each user was > equipped with an external USB-attach hard drive and a batch file which > uses ROBOCOPY to sync their stuff to said HD. > > -- Ben > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
